Discharge practices, readmission, and serious medical complications following primary cleft lip repair in 23 U.S. children's hospitals

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 123, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1553-1559

  Hopper, Richard A ^a   Lewis, Charlotte ^a   Umbdenstock, Renee ^a   Garrison, Michelle M ^a   Starr, Jacqueline R ^a  

^a SEATTLE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLEFT LIP; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LIP RECONSTRUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OUTCOME VARIABLE; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; HOSPITAL; INFANT; ORAL SURGERY; PLASTIC SURGERY; STATISTICS;

CLEFT LIP; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; ORAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 66549100755     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181a0746e     Document Type: Article

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