Socioeconomic status and in-hospital pediatric mortality

Pediatrics

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Colvin, Jeffrey D ^a,e   Zaniletti, Isabella ^b   Fieldston, Evan S ^c   Gottlie, Laura M ^d   Raphael, Jean L ^e   Hall, Matthew ^b   Cowden, John D ^a   Shah, Samir S ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Child mortality; Health status disparities; Hospital mortality; Income; Poverty; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROENTEROLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; MALE; NEONATOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREND STUDY;

EID: 84872859649     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2012-1215     Document Type: Article

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