Addressing inpatient crowding by smoothing occupancy at children's hospitals

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 462-468

  Fieldston, Evan S ^a,b,c   Hall, Matthew ^d   Shah, Samir S ^a,b   Hain, Paul D ^e   Sills, Marion R ^f,g   Slonim, Anthony D ^h   Myers, Angela L ^i,j   Cannon, Courtney ^k   Pati, Susmita ^l  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d Department of Child Health Corporation of America ^*  (United States)

^e MONROE CARELL JR CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT VANDERBILT   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^j CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^k BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^l STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROWDING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; ALGORITHM; HOSPITAL; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ALGORITHMS; BED OCCUPANCY; CROWDING; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80053911633     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.904     Document Type: Article

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