Rehospitalization during the first year of life by insurance status

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 845-853

  Schiltz, Nicholas K ^a,b   Finkelstein Rosenthal, Beth ^a,b   Crowley, Moira A ^a,b   Koroukian, Siran M ^a,b   Nevar, Ann ^a,b   Meropol, Sharon B ^a,b   Cuttler, Leona ^a,b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cost; infants; insurance; Medicaid; readmission; risk factors

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRONCHIOLITIS; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; JAUNDICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; NEWBORN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; INSURANCE; JAUNDICE, NEONATAL; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; NEW YORK; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ACUTE DISEASE; BRONCHIOLITIS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; JAUNDICE, NEONATAL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; NEW YORK; PATIENT READMISSION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84903985588     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: 19382707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922814536924     Document Type: Article

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