Variations in inpatient pediatric anesthesia in California from 2000 to 2009: A caseload and geographic analysis

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1295-1301

  Mudumbai, Seshadri C ^a,b   Honkanen, Anita ^a   Chan, Jia ^c   Schmitt, Susan ^b   Saynina, Olga ^c   Hackel, Alvin ^b,c   Gregory, George ^d   Phibbs, Ciaran S ^b,c   Wise, Paul H ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Delivery of health care; Geographic variation; Health policy; Hospital; Pediatric anesthesia; Regionalization

Indexed keywords

APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HIGH VOLUME HOSPITAL; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERMEDIATE VOLUME HOSPITAL; LOW VOLUME HOSPITAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; PATIENT CARE; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL PATIENT; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; ANESTHESIA; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; INFANT; NEWBORN; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION;

ANESTHESIA; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PEDIATRICS; REGIONAL HEALTH PLANNING; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84905565699     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pan.12500     Document Type: Article

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