Children's hospitals do not acutely respond to high occupancy

Pediatrics

Volumn 125, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 974-981

  Fieldston, Evan S ^a,b   Hall, Matthew ^c   Sills, Marion R ^d,e   Slonim, Anthony D ^f,g   Myers, Angela L ^h,i   Cannon, Courtney ^j   Pati, Susmita ^a,b,k,l   Shah, Samir S ^a,b,l  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^c Child Health Corporation of America   (United States)

^d Children's Hospital Colorado   (United States)

^e CHILDREN S HOSPITAL COLORADO   (United States)

^f VIRGINIA TECH CARILION SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^j BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^k PolicyLab   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

Bed occupancy; Elective surgical procedures; Hospital bed capacity; Hospitalization; Hospitalized child; Length of stay; Patient admission; Patient discharge; Patient transfer; Pediatric hospital

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CROWDING; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BED OCCUPANCY; CHILD; CROWDING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH FACILITY SIZE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT TRANSFER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77951826573     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2009-1627     Document Type: Article

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