Epidemiology of bronchiolitis: A description of emergency department visits and hospitalizations in Puerto Rico, 2010-2014

Tropical Medicine and Health

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Rivera Sepulveda, Andrea ^a,b   Garcia Rivera, Enid J ^b  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Bronchiolitis; Children; Epidemiology; Hospitalization; Pediatric; Puerto Rico; Respiratory syncytial virus; Trend

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLITIS; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH DISPARITY; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; ICD-9; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; PUERTO RICO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

EID: 85030176729     PISSN: 13488945     EISSN: 13494147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s41182-017-0064-7     Document Type: Article

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