Thirty-day readmission rates following hospitalization for pediatric sickle cell crisis at freestanding children's hospitals: Risk factors and hospital variation

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 61-65

  Sobota, Amy ^a,b,c,d   Graham, Dionne A ^a,c   Neufeld, Ellis J ^a,b,c   Heeney, Matthew M ^a,b,c  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Health services research; Pediatrics; Readmission rates; Sickle cell disease

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYUREA; NARCOTIC AGENT; OXYGEN; STEROID;

ACUTE CHEST SYNDROME; AGE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; FEVER; GENDER; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PAIN; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRIAPISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SICKLE CELL CRISIS; STEROID THERAPY; VENTILATOR; WINTER;

ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CHILD; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT READMISSION; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 81155151780     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.23221     Document Type: Article

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