Rates and impact of potentially preventable readmissions at children's hospitals

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 166, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 613-619.e5

  Gay, James C ^a   Agrawal, Rishi ^b   Auger, Katherine A ^c   Del Beccaro, Mark A ^d   Eghtesady, Pirooz ^e   Fieldston, Evan S ^f   Golias, Justin ^g   Hain, Paul D ^h   McClead, Richard ⁱ   Morse, Rustin B ^j   Neuman, Mark I ^k   Simon, Harold K ^l   Tejedor Sojo, Javier ^l   Teufel, Ronald J ^m   Mitchell Harris, J ⁿ   Shah, Samir S ^c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

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

^d SEATTLE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^g National Church Residences   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^j CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^k BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^l EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^m MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

ⁿ Children's Hospital Association   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASTHMA; BRONCHIOLITIS; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; COST CONTROL; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DEVICE INFECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOPLASM; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SICKLE CELL CRISIS; VENTRICULOATRIAL SHUNT; EMERGENCY; HEALTH SURVEY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TONSILLECTOMY;

EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT READMISSION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 84924546742     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: 10976833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2014.10.052     Document Type: Article

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