What brings children home? A prognostic study to predict length of hospitalisation

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 172, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1379-1385

  Tump, Evelien ^a   Maaskant, Jolanda M ^a   Brölmann, Fleur E ^a   Bosman, Diederik K ^a   Ubbink, Dirk T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Discharge; Hospitalisation; Length of stay; Paediatrics; Prediction

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SPECIALIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84885329944     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: 14321076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-013-2054-z     Document Type: Article

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