The Impact of Differential Case Ascertainment in Clinical Registry Versus Administrative Data on Assessment of Resource Utilization in Pediatric Heart Surgery

World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 398-405

  Jantzen, David W ^a   he, Xia ^b   Jacobs, Jeffrey P ^c   Jacobs, Marshall L ^c   Gaies, Michael G ^a   Hall, Matt ^d   Mayer, John E ^e   Shah, Samir S ^f   Hirsch Romano, Jennifer ^a   Gaynor, J William ^g   Peterson, Eric D ^b   Pasquali, Sara K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

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

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^e BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

congenital heart surgery; cost analysis; database; health policy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; ECONOMICS; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NEWBORN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGISTER; UTILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; REGISTRIES;

EID: 84993824979     PISSN: 21501351     EISSN: 21500136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2150135114534274     Document Type: Article

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