A Multicenter Collaborative to Reduce Unnecessary Care in Inpatient Bronchiolitis

2015136 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Shawn L. Ralston · Children's Hospital at Dartmouth Hitchcock

Matthew Garber · University of South Carolina

Elizabeth Rice‐Conboy · American Academy of Pediatrics

Grant M. Mussman · Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Kristin A. Shadman · University of Wisconsin American Family Children's Hospital

Susan C. Walley · University of Alabama at Birmingham

Elizabeth L. Nichols

Abstract

A voluntary collaborative was effective in reducing unnecessary care among a cohort of primarily community hospitals. Such a strategy may be generalizable to the settings where the majority of children are hospitalized in the United States.

Topics & Keywords

Respiratory viral infections research Emergency and Acute Care Studies Ultrasound in Clinical Applications

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Partnerships for the goals

Publication Details

Published in: PEDIATRICS

Volume 137, Issue 1

DOI: 10.1542/peds.2015-0851

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