Hospital costs and inpatient mortality among children undergoing surgery for congenital heart disease

Health Services Research

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 588-608

  Romley, John A ^a   Chen, Alex Y ^b   Goldman, Dana P ^a   Williams, Roberta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

acute inpatient care; geographic variation; Health care costs; health policy; pediatrics; quality of care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK REDUCTION;

ACUTE INPATIENT CARE; GEOGRAPHIC VARIATION; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH POLICY; PEDIATRICS; QUALITY OF CARE;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MODELS, ECONOMIC; PEDIATRICS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 84897386436     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.12120     Document Type: Article

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