Who comes back with what: a retrospective database study on reasons for emergency readmission to hospital in children and young people in England

Linda P M M Wijlaars; Pia Hardelid; Jenny Woodman; Janice Allister; Ronny Cheung; Ruth Gilbert

doi:10.1136/archdischild-2015-309290

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Who comes back with what: a retrospective database study on reasons for emergency readmission to hospital in children and young people in England

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Linda P M M Wijlaars Children's Policy Research Unit, UCL Institute of Child Health, London, UK Farr Institute of Health Informatics Research London, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Pia Hardelid Children's Policy Research Unit, UCL Institute of Child Health, London, UK Department of Primary Care and Population Health, University College London, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Jenny Woodman Children's Policy Research Unit, UCL Institute of Child Health, London, UK Farr Institute of Health Informatics Research London, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Janice Allister Clinical Innovation and Research, Royal College of General Practitioners, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Ronny Cheung Department of General Paediatrics, Evelina Children's Hospital, Guy's and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Ruth Gilbert Children's Policy Research Unit, UCL Institute of Child Health, London, UK Farr Institute of Health Informatics Research London, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Dr Linda P M M Wijlaars, Population, Policy and Practice, UCL Institute of Child Health, 30 Guildford Street, London WC1N 1EH, UK; linda.wijlaars{at}ucl.ac.uk

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Wijlaars LPMM, Hardelid P, Woodman J, et al

Who comes back with what: a retrospective database study on reasons for emergency readmission to hospital in children and young people in England

Archives of Disease in Childhood 2016;101:714-718.

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Received July 3, 2015
Revised December 31, 2015
Accepted February 22, 2016
First published April 25, 2016.

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July 19, 2016

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