Effects of the limited english proficiency of parents on hospital length of stay and home health care referral for their home health care - Eligible children with infections

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 165, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 831-836

  Levas, Michael N ^a   Cowden, John D ^a   Dowd, M Denise ^a  

^a CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BONE AND JOINT INFECTIONS; BRAIN ABSCESS; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; ORBIT CELLULITIS; OSTEOMYELITIS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTION; LANGUAGE; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MISSOURI; PARENTS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 80052511862     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2011.61     Document Type: Article

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