Resource utilization after introduction of a standardized clinical assessment and management plan

Congenital Heart Disease

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 374-381

  Friedman, Kevin G ^a   Rathod, Rahul H ^a   Farias, Michael ^a   Graham, Dionne ^a   Powell, Andrew J ^a   Fulton, David R ^a   Newburger, Jane W ^a   Colan, Steven D ^a   Jenkins, Kathy J ^a   Lock, James E ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital Heart Disease; Health Policy and Outcomes; Practice Guidelines; Resource Utilization; Tests

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; LIPID ANALYSIS; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL PATHWAY; CORONARY CARE UNIT; COST CONTROL; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL COST; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; PATIENT CARE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; TRANSPOSITION OF GREAT VESSELS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BOSTON; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CARDIOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST SAVINGS; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; EXERCISE TEST; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; OFFICE VISITS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSPOSITION OF GREAT VESSELS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77955149115     PISSN: 1747079X     EISSN: 17470803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0803.2010.00434.x     Document Type: Article

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