Frequency, duration and predictors of bronchiolitis episodes of care among infants 32weeks gestation in a large integrated healthcare system: A retrospective cohort study

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Flaherman, Valerie J ^a   Ragins, Arona I ^b   Li, Sherian Xu ^b   Kipnis, Patricia ^b,c   Masaquel, Anthony ^d   Escobar, Gabriel J ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^c Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc   (United States)

^d MEDIMMUNE   (United States)

^e KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLITIS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FORECASTING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

BRONCHIOLITIS; CALIFORNIA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; EPISODE OF CARE; FEMALE; FORECASTING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84861934338     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-12-144     Document Type: Article

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