Hospital charges for pediatric heart transplant hospitalizations in the United States from 1997 to 2006

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 485-491

  Law, Sabrina P ^a   Kim, Jeffrey J ^b   Decker, Jamie A ^b   Price, Jack F ^b   Cabrera, Antonio G ^b   Graves, Daniel E ^c   Morales, David L S ^b   Heinle, Jeffrey S ^b   Denfield, Susan W ^b   Dreyer, William J ^b   Rossano, Joseph W ^d  

^a SEATTLE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

charges; cost; health care economics; heart transplantation; pediatrics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; COMORBIDITY; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEPSIS; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS; STROKE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862796797     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: 15573117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2011.12.008     Document Type: Article

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