Epidemiology of pediatric hospitalizations at general hospitals and freestanding children's hospitals in the United States
- 4 July 2016
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Hospital Medicine
- Vol. 11 (11) , 743-749
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Children may be hospitalized at general hospitals or freestanding children's hospitals. Knowledge about how inpatient care differs at these hospitals is important to inform national research and quality efforts.OBJECTIVE: To describe the volume and characteristics of pediatric hospitalizations at acute care general and freestanding children's hospitals in the United States.DESIGN, PATIENTS, AND SETTING: Cross‐sectional study of hospitalizations in the United States among children Journal of Hospital Medicine 2016;11:743–749. © 2016 Society of Hospital MedicineKeywords
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