Background Clinical data offer the potential to advance patient care. Neonatal specialised
care is a high-cost NHS service received by approximately 80,000 newborn infants each …

METHODS: A cross-sectional study in 305 children (< 18 years old) readmitted within 30
days to a freestanding children's hospital between December 2012 and February 2013 …

OBJECTIVE: To assess variation among hospitals on pediatric readmission and revisit rates
and to determine the number of high-and low-performing hospitals. METHODS: In a …

Background Hospital patient-to-nurse staffing ratios are associated with quality outcomes in
adult patient populations but little is known about how these factors affect paediatric care …

Hospital readmission rates are increasingly used as signals of hospital performance and a
basis for hospital reimbursement. However, their interpretation may be complicated by …

Abstract The Pediatric Quality Measures Program is developing readmission measures for
pediatric use. We sought to describe the importance of readmissions in children and the …

Reducing repeated hospitalizations of patients with chronic conditions is a policy objective
for improving system efficiency. We test the hypothesis that the risk of readmission is …

Objectives High quality information, increasingly captured in clinical databases, is a useful
resource for evaluating and improving newborn care. We conducted a systematic review to …

Objective To assess risk factors associated with 30-day hospital readmission after a
prolonged neonatal intensive care stay. Study design Retrospective analysis of 57,035 …

Objectives To identify predictors of home oxygen use in preterm infants with
bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) in a statewide cohort, identify hospital variation in home …