Unnecessary care for bronchiolitis decreases with increasing inpatient prevalence of bronchiolitis

Pediatrics

Volumn 128, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Van Cleve, William C ^a   Christakis, Dimitri A ^b  

^a SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bronchiolitis; Child; Hospitalized; Infant; Laboratory tests; Length of stay; Relative risk regression; United States

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; STEROID;

ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLITIS; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 80355135088     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2011-0655     Document Type: Article

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