Increasing short-stay unplanned hospital admissions among children in England; Time trends analysis '97-'06

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Saxena, Sonia ^a   Bottle, Alex ^a   Gilbert, Ruth ^b   Sharland, Mike ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; POPULATION RESEARCH; TIME; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREND STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; INSURANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT; INSURANCE CLAIM REPORTING; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PATIENT ADMISSION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70449346645     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007484     Document Type: Article

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