How Well Can Hospital Readmission Be Predicted in a Cohort of Hospitalized Children? A Retrospective, Multicenter Study

Pediatrics

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 286-293

  Feudtner, Chris ^a   Levin, James E ^b   Srivastava, Rajendu ^c   Goodman, Denise M ^d   Slonim, Anthony D ^e   Sharma, Vidya ^f   Shah, Samir S ^a   Pati, Susmita ^a   Fargason, Crayton ^g   Hall, Matt ^h  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Carilion Medical Center   (United States)

^f CHILDREN'S MERCY HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^h Child Health Corporation of America   (United States)

Author keywords

Child; Chronic conditions; Hospital readmission; Longitudinal observational study; Pediatric; Prediction model

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BOOTSTRAPPING; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALIZED CHILD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, HOSPITALIZED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PATIENT READMISSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 59449083652     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-3395     Document Type: Article

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