Annual report on health care for children and youth in the United States: Focus on trends in hospital use and quality

Academic Pediatrics

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 263-279

  Friedman, Bernard ^a   Berdahl, Terceira ^a   Simpson, Lisa A ^b   McCormick, Marie C ^c   Owens, Pamela L ^a,d   Andrews, Roxanne ^a   Romano, Patrick S ^e  

^a AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

^b ACADEMYHEALTH   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

patient safety; potentially avoidable admissions; trends in hospital utilization

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; DECUBITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMATOMA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HOSPITAL UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INFANT; LACERATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; OBSTETRIC PATIENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEPSIS; SKIN INFECTION; UNITED STATES; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; ANNUAL REPORTS AS TOPIC; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960546498     PISSN: 18762859     EISSN: 18762867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acap.2011.04.002     Document Type: Article

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