The effects of socioeconomic status and race on pediatric neurosurgical shunting

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 117-122

  Walker, Corey T ^a   Stone, Jonathan J ^a   Jain, Minal ^a   Jacobson, Max ^a   Phillips, Valerie ^a   Silberstein, Howard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Hydrocephalus; Insurance; Outcomes; Pediatrics; Race; Socioeconomics; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISPANIC; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEGRO; NEOPLASM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE; RACE; REOPERATION; SOCIAL STATUS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PEDIATRICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL CLASS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 84899087444     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: 14330350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-013-2206-5     Document Type: Article

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