Costs and infant outcomes after implementation of a care process model for febrile infants

Pediatrics

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Byington, Carrie L ^a   Reynolds, Carolyn C ^b   Korgenski, Kent ^b   Sheng, Xiaoming ^a   Valentine, Karen J ^b   Nelson, Richard E ^a   Daly, Judy A ^b   Osguthorpe, Russell J ^b   James, Brent ^b   Savitz, Lucy ^b   Pavia, Andrew T ^a,b   Clark, Edward B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost; Fever; Infant; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; EVIDENCE BASE CARE PROCESS MODEL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; LABORATORY TEST; LENGTH OF STAY; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGITIS; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 84863535777     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2012-0127     Document Type: Article

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