Neonatal intensive care unit: Predictive models for length of stay

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 147-153

  Bender, G J ^a,c   Koestler, D ^b,c   Ombao, H ^b,c   Mccourt, M ^a,c   Alskinis, B ^a,c   Rubin, L P ^a,c,d   Padbury, J F ^a,c  

^a WOMEN AND INFANTS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

benchmarking; length of stay; neonatal intensive care units; projections and predictions; score for neonatal acute physiology; severity of illness index

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; DISEASE SEVERITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY ASSESSMENT INDEX FOR NEWBORNS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PREDICTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORE FOR NEONATAL ACUTE PHYSIOLOGY PERINATAL EXTENSION; SCORING SYSTEM;

BENCHMARKING; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW ENGLAND; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84873103831     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jp.2012.62     Document Type: Article

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