Ways to Identify Children with Medical Complexity and the Importance of Why

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 167, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 229-237

  Berry, Jay G ^a   Hall, Matt ^b   Cohen, Eyal ^c   O'Neill, Margaret ^a   Feudtner, Chris ^d  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD CARE; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; GASTROSTOMY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; ORNITHINE TRANSCARBAMYLASE DEFICIENCY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PARENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCIENTIST; TRACHEOSTOMY; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; PROCEDURES;

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHRONIC DISEASE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS;

EID: 84937725033     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: 10976833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2015.04.068     Document Type: Article

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