Association between Parent Comfort with English and Adverse Events among Hospitalized Children

JAMA Pediatrics

Volumn 174, Issue 12, 2020, Pages

  Khan, Alisa ^a,b   Yin, H Shonna ^c   Brach, Cindy ^d   Graham, Dionne A ^a,b   Ramotar, Matthew W ^a   Williams, David N ^a,b   Spector, Nancy ^e,f   Landrigan, Christopher P ^a,b,g   Dreyer, Benard P ^c,h  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

^e The Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine   (United States)

^f DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMFORT; CONSENSUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR NURSE RELATION; DRUG SAFETY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZED CHILD; HUMAN; INCIDENT REPORT; INTERVENTION STUDY; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT SAFETY; PEDIATRIC WARD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RACE; SPEECH; ADULT; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; FOLLOW UP; LANGUAGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, HOSPITALIZED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; PARENTS; PATIENT SAFETY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 85094204757     PISSN: 21686203     EISSN: 21686211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2020.3215     Document Type: Article

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