Increased healthcare resource utilization for acute respiratory illness among Latino infants

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 163, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1186-1191

  Valet, Robert S ^a   Gebretsadik, Tebeb ^a   Carroll, Kecia N ^a   Minton, Patricia A ^a   Woodward, Kimberly B ^a   Liu, Zhouwen ^a   Hayes, Rachel ^a   Hartert, Tina V ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; SALBUTAMOL;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD CULTURE; BREAST FEEDING; BRONCHIOLITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN THERAPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RAPID TEST; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE;

BRONCHIOLITIS SEVERITY SCORE; BSS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CSF; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; RSV;

ACUTE DISEASE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE; MALE; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SOCIAL CLASS; TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84884669391     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: 10976833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2013.04.029     Document Type: Article

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