Pediatric intensive care unit mortality among latino children before and after a multilevel health care delivery intervention

JAMA Pediatrics

Volumn 169, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 383-390

  Anand, Kanwaljeet J S ^a   Sepanski, Robert J ^b,c   Giles, Kimberley ^b   Shah, Samir H ^a   Juarez, Paul D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b LE BONHEUR CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF THE KING S DAUGHTERS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; CAUCASIAN; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; ETHNOLOGY; HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; TENNESSEE;

EID: 84928241099     PISSN: 21686203     EISSN: 21686211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2014.3789     Document Type: Article

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