Effects of out-of-hours and winter admissions and number of patients per unit on mortality in pediatric intensive care

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 163, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  McShane, Phil ^a   Draper, Elizabeth S ^b   McKinney, Patricia A ^a   McFadzean, Jillian ^c   Parslow, Roger C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DYING; EMERGENCY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; WINTER;

EID: 84884674340     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: 10976833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2013.03.061     Document Type: Article

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