Racial/ethnic differences in hospital use and cost among a statewide population of children with down syndrome

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 3276-3287

  Derrington, Taletha Mae ^a,b   Kotelchuck, Milton ^a,c   Plummer, Katrina ^a   Cabral, Howard ^a   Lin, Angela E ^c,d   Belanoff, Candice ^a   Shin, Mikyong ^e,f   Correa, Adolfo ^e,g   Grosse, Scott D ^e  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CENTER ON BIRTH DEFECTS AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

^f NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital heart defects; Down syndrome; Hospital cost; Hospital use; Racial ethnic disparities

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOWN SYNDROME; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARASITISM; PARASITOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

CONGENITAL HEART DEFECTS; DOWN SYNDROME; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL USE; RACIAL/ETHNIC DISPARITIES;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BIRTH CERTIFICATES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOWN SYNDROME; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84881012838     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: 18733379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2013.06.022     Document Type: Article

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