Charges and lengths of stay attributable to adverse patient-care events using pediatric-specific quality indicators: A multicenter study of freestanding children's hospitals

Pediatrics

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Kronman, Matthew P ^a   Hall, Matthew ^b   Slonim, Anthony D ^c   Shah, Samir S ^a,d  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b Child Health Corporation of America   (United States)

^c CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Administrative data; Children; Inpatients; Medical error; Patient safety indicators; Pediatrics; Quality indicators; Safety

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; INFANT; LABORATORY; LACERATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PEDIATRICS; PHARMACY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCTURE; SEPSIS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; CLINICAL TRIAL; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL CHARGE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; RISK MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 48949099379     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-2831     Document Type: Article

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