Cost-benefit analysis of a medical emergency team in a children's hospital

Pediatrics

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 235-241

  Bonafide, Christopher P ^a,b,c   Localio, A Russell ^b   Song, Lihai ^a   Roberts, Kathryn E ^a   Nadkarni, Vinay M ^a,b   Priestley, Margaret ^a,b   Paine, Christine W ^a   Zander, Miriam ^a   Lutts, Meaghan ^a   Brady, Patrick W ^d   Keren, Ron ^a,b,c  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost benefit analysis; Health care financing; Hospital rapid response team; Intensive care units; Patient protection and affordable care act

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; CRITICAL DETERIORATION; DETERIORATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESSOR RESPONSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; REIMBURSEMENT; RESPIRATORY THERAPIST; SCHOOL CHILD; YOUNG ADULT;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HOSPITAL RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; COST SAVINGS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITAL RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PATIENT TRANSFER; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 84905264892     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2014-0140     Document Type: Article

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