Time to clinical stability among children hospitalized with pneumonia
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Pneumonia is a leading cause of hospitalization and readmission in children. Understanding the patient characteristics associated with pneumonia readmissions is necessary to inform interventions to reduce avoidable hospitalizations and related costs. The objective of this study was to characterize readmission rates, and identify factors and costs associated with readmi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Hospital Medicine
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1553-5592
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.2370