Preventable newborn readmissions since passage of the Newborns' and Mothers' Health Protection Act

Pediatrics

Volumn 118, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2349-2358

  Paul, Ian M ^a   Lehman, Erik B ^a   Hollenbeak, Christopher S ^a   Maisels, M Jeffrey ^b  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Dehydration; Hospital readmission; Jaundice; Newborn

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHYDRATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEEDING DISORDER; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NURSERY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RISK FACTOR; HEALTH CENTER; LEGAL ASPECT; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; MALE; MATERNAL-CHILD HEALTH CENTERS; PATIENT READMISSION; PENNSYLVANIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33947126015     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2006-2043     Document Type: Article

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