Report of 2,087,915 surgical admissions in U.S. Children: Inpatient mortality rates by procedure and specialty

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2714-2721

  Abdullah, Fizan ^a   Gabre Kidan, Alodia ^a   Zhang, Yiyi ^b   Sharpe, Leilani ^a   Chang, David C ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS; SURGERY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY;

EID: 77956066348     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-009-0219-8     Document Type: Article

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