Increased length of stay and costs associated with weekend admissions for failure to thrive

Pediatrics

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Thompson, Rachel T ^a,b,c   Bennett, William E ^a,c   Finnell, S Maria E ^a,b   Downs, Stephen M ^a,b   Carroll, Aaron E ^a,b  

^a Children's Health Services Research   (United States)

^b REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost analysis; Failure to thrive; Medical economics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; ENTERIC FEEDING; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FEMALE; GASTROSTOMY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WEEKEND HOSPITAL ADMISSION;

EID: 84874631055     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2012-2015     Document Type: Article

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