Community household income and resource utilization for common inpatient pediatric conditions

Pediatrics

Volumn 132, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Fieldston, Evan S ^a   Zaniletti, Isabella ^b   Hall, Matthew ^b   Colvin, Jeffrey D ^c   Gottlieb, Laura ^d   Macy, Michelle L ^e   Alpern, Elizabeth R ^f   Morse, Rustin B ^g   Hain, Paul D ^g   Sills, Marion R ^h   Frank, Gary ⁱ   Shah, Samir S ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Children's Hospital Association   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Child Health Evaluation and Research Unit   (United States)

^f NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h CHILDREN S HOSPITAL COLORADO   (United States)

ⁱ EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Author keywords

Health care finance; Hospital costs; Hospitalization; Hospitalized child; Pediatric hospital; Resource utilization; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHIOLITIS; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG COST; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; KIDNEY INFECTION; LABORATORY TEST; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PNEUMONIA; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RADIOGRAPHY; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH DISPARITY; HOSPITAL; INCOME; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; POVERTY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; UROLOGIC DISEASES; UTILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MODELS, ECONOMIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POVERTY AREAS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; UROLOGIC DISEASES;

EID: 84890734992     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2013-0619     Document Type: Article

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