Neonatal intensive care unit census influences discharge of moderately preterm infants

Pediatrics

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 314-319

  Profit, Jochen ^a,b,c,g   McCormick, Marie C ^a,d   Escobar, Gabriel J ^e   Richardson, Douglas K ^a   Zheng, Zheng ^a   Coleman Phox, Kim ^e   Roberts, Rebecca ^f   Zupancic, John A F ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^g Houston Center for Quality of Care and Utilization Studies   (United States)

Author keywords

Census; Discharge; Health services research; Infant; Newborn; Workforce

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CENSUSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33947130628     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2005-2909     Document Type: Article

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