Inpatient health care use among adult survivors of chronic childhood illnesses in the United States

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 160, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1054-1060

  Okumura, Megumi J ^a,b,c   Campbell, Andrew D ^a   Nasr, Samya Z ^a   Davis, Matthew M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SPINA BIFIDA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ADJUSTMENT; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; SURVIVORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33749491069     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 10724710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.160.10.1054     Document Type: Article

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