Impact of newborn follow-up visit timing on subsequent ED visits and hospital readmissions: AN instrumental variable analysis

Academic Pediatrics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 84-91

  O'Donnell, Heather C ^a,b   Colman, Gregory ^c   Trachtman, Rebecca A ^d   Velazco, Nerissa ^a   Racine, Andrew D ^e  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT MONTEFIORE   (United States)

^c PACE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

emergency service; hospital; infant; newborn; patient discharge; patient readmission

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FAMILY MEDICINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; OUTPATIENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PEDIATRICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PEDIATRICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84891390198     PISSN: 18762859     EISSN: 18762867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acap.2013.09.010     Document Type: Article

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