Inpatient pediatric tonsillectomy: Does hospital type affect cost and outcomes of care?

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (United States)

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 486-493

  Raol, Nikhila ^a,b   Zogg, Cheryl K ^a   Boss, Emily F ^c,d   Weissman, Joel S ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

academic medical centers; children's hospitals; cost of care; cost variation; teaching hospitals; tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLACK PERSON; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMORBIDITY; COST CONTROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INCOME; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL RISK; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; ADENOIDECTOMY; ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL CHARGE; INFANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; INFANT; INPATIENTS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 84959256821     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: 10976817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0194599815621739     Document Type: Article

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