Medical errors in US pediatric inpatients with chronic conditions

Pediatrics

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Ahuja, Namrata ^a,b,c   Zhao, Weiyan ^b   Xiang, Huiyun ^a,b  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Chronic condition; Medical errors; Medical injuries

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALIZED CHILD; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; ICD-9; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ERROR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84867184363     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2011-2555     Document Type: Article

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