Population variation in admission rates and duration of inpatient stay for bronchiolitis in England

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 57-59

  Cheung, C Ronny ^a   Smith, Helen ^b   Thurland, Kate ^b   Duncan, Helen ^b   Semple, Malcolm G ^c  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLITIS; CHILD; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH STATISTICS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL EPISODE STATISTICS; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT CODING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY CARE TRUST; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED KINGDOM;

BRONCHIOLITIS; CLINICAL CODING; ENGLAND; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INPATIENTS; LENGTH OF STAY; PATIENT ADMISSION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84872287452     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2012-302277     Document Type: Article

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