The impact of insurance, race, and ethnicity on age at surgical intervention among children with nonsyndromic craniosynostosis

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 166, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1289-1296

  Lin, Yimo ^a   Pan, I Wen ^a   Harris, Dominic A ^a   Luerssen, Thomas G ^a   Lam, Sandi ^a  

^a TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CRANIOFACIAL SYNOSTOSIS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; INFANT; INSURANCE; MALE; MEDICAID; NONSYNDROMIC CRANIOSYNOSTOSIS; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TIME TO TREATMENT; CRANIOSYNOSTOSES; ECONOMICS; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOSYNOSTOSES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84928817094     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: 10976833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2015.02.007     Document Type: Article

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