Variation in specialty care hospitalization for children with chronic conditions in California

Pediatrics

Volumn 125, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1190-1199

  Chamberlain, Lisa J ^a   Chan, Jia ^a   Mahlow, Pamela ^a   Huffman, Lynne C ^a,b   Chan, Kristen ^a   Wise, Paul H ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LUCILE PACKARD CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Chronic conditions; Hospitalization; Policies; Regional variation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHRONIC CHOLECYSTITIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; CHRONIC RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOWN SYNDROME; ENTERITIS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GENETIC DISORDER; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CENTER; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INCOME; INFANT; MALABSORPTION; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; NEGRO; NEOPLASM; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRICS; POPULATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SPINA BIFIDA; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, SPECIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL ASSISTANCE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATE HEALTH PLANS;

EID: 77953052863     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2009-1109     Document Type: Article

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