Understanding the Burden of Pediatric Gastrointestinal Diseases-Does a Look From the Perspective of Inpatient Administrative Databases Help?

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery Boston Children's Hospital Harvard Medical School; Center for Advanced Intestinal Rehabilitation Boston Children's Hospital.
² Center for Advanced Intestinal Rehabilitation Boston Children's Hospital; Center for Nutrition Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition Boston Children's Hospital Harvard Medical School.
³ Center for Applied Pediatric Quality Analytics Boston Children's Hospital; Department of Pediatrics Harvard Medical School Boston, Massachusetts. Electronic address: dionne.graham@childrens.harvard.edu.

Editorial

Sam Minsuk Han et al. J Pediatr. 2018 Mar.

. 2018 Mar:194:11-12.

doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2017.11.034. Epub 2017 Dec 18.

¹ Department of Surgery Boston Children's Hospital Harvard Medical School; Center for Advanced Intestinal Rehabilitation Boston Children's Hospital.
² Center for Advanced Intestinal Rehabilitation Boston Children's Hospital; Center for Nutrition Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition Boston Children's Hospital Harvard Medical School.
³ Center for Applied Pediatric Quality Analytics Boston Children's Hospital; Department of Pediatrics Harvard Medical School Boston, Massachusetts. Electronic address: dionne.graham@childrens.harvard.edu.

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