Children's hospitals with shorter lengths of stay do not have higher readmission rates

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 163, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Morse, Rustin B ^a   Hall, Matthew ^b   Fieldston, Evan S ^c   Goodman, Denise M ^d   Berry, Jay G ^e   Gay, James C ^f   Sills, Marion R ^g   Srivastava, Rajendu ^h   Frank, Gary ⁱ   Hain, Paul D ^a   Shah, Samir S ^j  

^a CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^d CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f MONROE CARELL JR CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT VANDERBILT   (United States)

^g CHILDREN S HOSPITAL COLORADO   (United States)

^h Primary Medical Center   (United States)

ⁱ CHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA   (United States)

^j CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 84884672680     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: 10976833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2013.03.083     Document Type: Article

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