Early readmission of newborns in a large health care system

Pediatrics

Volumn 131, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Young, Paul C ^a   Korgenski, Kent ^a,b   Buchi, Karen F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Early readmission; Late preterm newborns; Well baby nursery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEEDING DISORDER; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; JAUNDICE; LENGTH OF STAY; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN INFECTION; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PEDIATRICS; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84877022236     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2012-2634     Document Type: Article

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