Hospital volumes for common pediatric specialty operations

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 38-43

  Berry, Jay G ^a,d   Lieu, Tracy A ^a,d,e   Forbes, Peter W ^c   Goldmann, Don A ^a,b,d,f  

^a Research Fellowship Program   (United States)

^b Division of Infectious Diseases   (United States)

^c Clinical Research Program   (United States)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f INSTITUTE FOR HEALTHCARE IMPROVEMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; INFANT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FUSION; TRACHEOTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, VENTRICULAR; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; TRACHEOTOMY; UNITED STATES; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 33846023692     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.161.1.38     Document Type: Article

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