Resource utilization for observation-status stays at children's hospitals

Pediatrics

Volumn 131, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1050-1058

  Fieldston, Evan S ^a   Shah, Samir S ^b   Hall, Matthew ^c   Hain, Paul D ^d   Alpern, Elizabeth R ^a   Del Beccaro, Mark A ^e   Harding, John ^f   MacY, Michelle L ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS ALL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care finance; Hospital costs; Hospitalization; Hospitalizedchild; Observation status; Patient admission; Patient discharge; Pediatric hospital

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BRONCHIOLITIS; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; INBORN ERROR OF METABOLISM; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; VIRAL GASTROENTERITIS;

HEALTH CARE FINANCE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALIZED CHILD; OBSERVATION STATUS; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH RESOURCES; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84878703961     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2012-2494     Document Type: Article

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