National trends in health care utilization and racial and socioeconomic disparities in pediatric pyogenic arthritis

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 709-715

  Freedman, Josh ^a   Guller, Ulrich ^a   Benjamin, Daniel Kelly ^c   Higgins, Laurence D ^a   Pan, Deng ^d   Cook, Chad ^a   Pietrobon, Ricardo ^b,e  

^a Department of Surgery ^*

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Costs and cost analysis; Infectious; Length of stay; Patient discharge; Pediatrics; Utilization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACISM; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 33750463413     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bpo.0000229973.78565.02     Document Type: Article

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