Characteristics associated with pediatric inpatient death

Pediatrics

Volumn 125, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1208-1216

  Slonim, Anthony D ^a,b   Khandelwal, Sachin ^a   He, Jianping ^a   Hall, Matthew ^c   Stockwell, David C ^a   Turenne, Wendy M ^a   Shah, Samir S ^d,e  

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

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c Child Health Corporation of America   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Death; Standardized mortality ratio

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SKIN DISEASE; BLOOD DISEASE; CELLULITIS; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PEDIATRICS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RISK;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953039073     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2009-1451     Document Type: Article

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