Frequency and variety of inpatient pediatric surgical procedures in the United States

Pediatrics

Volumn 132, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Smme, Stig ^a,b   Bronsert Dr , Michael ^c   Morrato, Elaine ^c   Ziegler, Moritz ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Demography; Epidemiology; Pediatric surgery; Work force allocation

Indexed keywords

APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAPHRAGM HERNIA; ESOPHAGUS ATRESIA; GENERAL HOSPITAL; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALROTATION SYNDROME; NEWBORN SURGERY; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FACTUAL DATABASE; GENERAL SURGERY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; INFANT; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGERY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; GENERAL SURGERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84890591704     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2013-1243     Document Type: Article

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