Existence of important variations in the united states in the treatment of pediatric mastoiditis

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 28-32

  Acevedo, Jason L ^a   Lander, Lina ^b,f   Shah, Udayan K ^c,d   Shah, Rahul K ^e,g  

^a Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^d THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; DATA BASE; DATA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASTOIDECTOMY; MASTOIDITIS; MEDICAID; MYRINGOTOMY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TYMPANOSTOMY TUBE; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MASTOIDITIS; MIDDLE EAR VENTILATION; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PATIENT ADMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58849125706     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: 08864470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archoto.2008.510     Document Type: Article

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