Adherence to discharge guidelines for late-preterm newborns

Pediatrics

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 62-71

  Goyal, Neera K ^a,b   Fager, Corinne ^b   Lorch, Scott A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Early newborn discharge; Guideline adherence; Late preterm; Teaching hospital

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NEWBORN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PATIENT DISCHARGE;

EID: 79960000481     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2011-0258     Document Type: Article

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