Delays in discharge in a tertiary care pediatric hospital

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 481-485

  Srivastava, Rajendu ^a   Stone, Bryan L ^a   Patel, Raza ^a   Swenson, Matthew ^a   Davies, Andrew ^a   Maloney, Christopher G ^a   Young, Paul C ^a   James, Brent C ^b  

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

^b Intermountain Health Care   (United States)

Author keywords

Children's hospital; Delays in discharge; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION COST; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERTIARY PREVENTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70449699716     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.490     Document Type: Article

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