Acute care utilization and rehospitalizations for sickle cell disease

JAMA

Volumn 303, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 1288-1294

  Brousseau, David C ^a,g   Owens, Pamela L ^c,d,e   Mosso, Andrew L ^f   Panepinto, Julie A ^b   Steiner, Claudia A ^c,d  

^a Sections of Emergency Medicine   (United States)

^b IUCC   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^d AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f SOCIAL AND SCIENTIFIC SYSTEMS INC   (United States)

^g CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; UNITED STATES; AGED; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; INFANT; INSURANCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT READMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950478131     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2010.378     Document Type: Article

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