Specialist home-based nursing services for children with acute and chronic illnesses

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2013, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Parab, Chitra S ^a   Cooper, Carolyn ^b   Woolfenden, Susan ^c   Piper, Susan M ^d  

^a Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District   (Australia)

^b ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c SYDNEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d WOLLONGONG HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADOLESCENT; HOSPITALIZATION; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; NEWBORN; NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; HOME CARE SERVICES, HOSPITAL-BASED; HOME NURSING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LENGTH OF STAY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84891716448     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004383.pub3     Document Type: Review

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