Impact of postpartum hospital-stay legislation on newborn length of stay, readmission, and mortality in California

Pediatrics

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 63-72

  Datar, Ashlesha ^a   Sood, Neeraj ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Legislation; Length of stay; Mortality rates; Newborn; Readmission rates

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; JAUNDICE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; UNITED STATES; FEMALE; INDIA; INFANT MORTALITY; LEGAL ASPECT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAID; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; PATIENT; POSTNATAL CARE; REGISTER; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAUNDICE, NEONATAL; LENGTH OF STAY; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT READMISSION; POSTNATAL CARE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; REGISTRIES;

EID: 33746852682     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2005-3044     Document Type: Article

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