Pediatric palliative care and inpatient hospital costs: A longitudinal cohort study

Pediatrics

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 694-700

  Smith, Andrew G ^a   Andrews, Seth ^b   Bratton, Susan L ^a   Sheetz, Joan ^a   Feudtner, Chris ^c,d,e   Zhong, Wenjun ^c   Maloney, Christopher G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PRIMARY CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEATH; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVOR; TECHNOLOGY; TECHNOLOGY DEPENDENCE; ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; MORTALITY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PEDIATRICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TERMINAL CARE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; LENGTH OF STAY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PEDIATRICS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84927779843     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2014-3161     Document Type: Article

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