Trends in New South Wales infant hospital readmission rates in the first year of life: A population-based study

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 201, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 40-43

  Lain, Samantha J ^a   Roberts, Christine L ^a   Bowen, Jennifer R ^b,c   Nassar, Natasha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEEDING DIFFICULTY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; JAUNDICE; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL SMOKING; MEDICAL RECORD; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; LENGTH OF STAY; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; NEW SOUTH WALES; PATIENT READMISSION; RISK FACTORS; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 84904480120     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja13.11288     Document Type: Article

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