Differences associated with age, transfer status, and insurance coverage in end-of-life hospital care for children

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 376-383

  Caskey, R N ^a   Davis, M M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Child; End of life care; Hospital mortality; Human; Infant; Insurance coverage; Interhospital transfer; Multivariate analysis; Patient transfer; United States

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD DEATH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HOSPITALIZED CHILD; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; TERMINAL CARE; ECONOMICS; HOSPITALIZATION; INSURANCE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT TRANSFER; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 56149126759     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.360     Document Type: Article

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