Hospital care of children with a cleft in England

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 98, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 970-974

  Fitzsimons, Kate J ^a   Copley, Lynn P ^a   Deacon, Scott A ^a,b   Van Der Meulen, Jan H ^a,c  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b FRENCHAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PALATOPLASTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA; CHILDREN; CLEFT LIP AND PALATE; HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS; LENGTH OF STAY;

CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; ENGLAND; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LENGTH OF STAY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE);

EID: 84888599545     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2013-304271     Document Type: Article

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