Variations in management of common inpatient pediatric illnesses: Hospitalists and community pediatricians

Pediatrics

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 441-447

  Conway, Patrick H ^a,b,c   Edwards, Sarah ^a,d   Stucky, Erin R ^e   Chiang, Vincent W ^a   Ottolini, Mary C ^f   Landrigan, Christopher P ^a,d  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evidence based medicine; Health services research; Hospitalist; Inpatient; Pediatrics; Variability; Variation

Indexed keywords

ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; LEVALBUTEROL; SALBUTAMOL; STEROID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XOPONEX; CORTICOSTEROID;

ASTHMA; BRONCHIOLITIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CYSTOURETHROGRAPHY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PEDIATRICIAN; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RATING SCALE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; REVIEW; ROTAVIRUS; ULTRASOUND; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG UTILIZATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FECES; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MICROBIOLOGY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIVATE PRACTICE; RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICS; TIME; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VIROLOGY;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ALBUTEROL; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; BRONCHIOLITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; DRUG UTILIZATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FECES; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INFANT; INPATIENTS; INSTITUTIONAL PRACTICE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; IPRATROPIUM; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS; PRIVATE PRACTICE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; ROTAVIRUS; TIME FACTORS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 33748439143     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2006-0484     Document Type: Review

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