Trends in Resource Utilization by Children with Neurological Impairment in the United States Inpatient Health Care System: A Repeat Cross-Sectional Study

G. Berry, Jay; Poduri, Annapurna; L. Bonkowsky, Joshua; Zhou, Jing; A. Graham, Dionne; Welch, Chelsea; Putney, Heather; Srivastava, Rajendu

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001158

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Trends in Resource Utilization by Children with Neurological Impairment in the United States Inpatient Health Care System: A Repeat Cross-Sectional Study

Published in PLoS Medicine • Jan 17, 2012

Authors:

Jay G. Berry

Annapurna Poduri

Joshua L. Bonkowsky

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Care advances in the United States (US) have led to improved survival of children with neurological impairment (NI). Children with NI may account for an increasing proportion of hospital resources. However, this assumption has not been tested at a national level. METHODS AND FINDINGS: We...

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Cross-sectional study

Medicine

Health care

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