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Socioeconomic variation in discretionary and mandatory hospitalization of infants: an ecologic analysis
- Source :
- Pediatrics. 99(6)
- Publication Year :
- 1997
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Abstract
- Objectives. To examine geographic variation in rates of infant hospitalization for diagnoses classified by type of hospitalization decision in Monroe County (Rochester), New York. Methods. Study design was cross-sectional and ecologic. International Classification of Diseases (ICD) codes were used to categorize all 7883 hospitalizations for infants (age
- Subjects :
- Rural Population
Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty
Urban Population
Population
New York
Zip code
Odds
Medicine
Humans
education
Socioeconomic status
Diagnosis-Related Groups
education.field_of_study
business.industry
Incidence (epidemiology)
Infant
Reproducibility of Results
Odds ratio
Confidence interval
Hospitals
Suburban Population
Hospitalization
Cross-Sectional Studies
Socioeconomic Factors
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
business
Medicaid
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 10984275
- Volume :
- 99
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Pediatrics
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....c281b3e8ffbff0779e0114377d50a99e