Hospitalization of rural and urban infants during the first year of life

Pediatrics

Volumn 130, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1084-1093

  Ray, Kristin N ^a   Lorch, Scott A ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hospitalization; Infant; Length of stay; Readmission; Rural; Urban

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITAL UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

EID: 84870528120     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2012-0020     Document Type: Article

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