The changing demographics of congenital heart disease hospitalizations in the United States, 1998 through 2010

JAMA

Volumn 309, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 984-986

  O'Leary, Jared M ^a   Siddiqi, Omar K ^b   De Ferranti, Sarah ^c   Landzberg, Michael J ^c   Opotowsky, Alexander R ^c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITAL UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84874837006     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2013.564     Document Type: Letter

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