Inpatient costs and charges for surgical treatment of hypoplastic left heart syndrome

Pediatrics

Volumn 128, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Dean, Peter N ^a   Hillman, Diane G ^b   McHugh, Kimberly E ^c   Gutgesell, Howard P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease defects; Health care costs; Heart surgery; Heart transplantation; Hypoplastic left heart syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FONTAN PROCEDURE; GLENN SHUNT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART SURGERY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NORWOOD PROCEDURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INPATIENTS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80355135067     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2010-3742     Document Type: Article

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