Use of prolonged travel to improve pediatric risk-adjustment models

Health Services Research

Volumn 44, Issue 2P1, 2009, Pages 519-541

  Lorch, Scott A ^a,b   Silber, Jeffrey H ^a,b,c   Even Shoshan, Orit ^a,b   Millman, Andrea ^a,c  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Illness severity; Quality assessment; Travel time

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; PEDIATRICS; PENNSYLVANIA; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RISK ADJUSTMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRAVEL;

EID: 62449138160     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2008.00940.x     Document Type: Article

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