title: Direct admission to hospitals among children in the United States.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: JoAnna K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Leyenaar
authors.affiliation: Center for Quality of Care Research, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: Meng-Shiou
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Shieh
authors.affiliation: Center for Quality of Care Research, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, Massachusetts3Department of Medicine, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts4Division of General Medicine, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: Tara
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lagu
authors.affiliation: Center for Quality of Care Research, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, Massachusetts5School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
authors.forename: Penelope S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Pekow
authors.affiliation: Center for Quality of Care Research, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, Massachusetts3Department of Medicine, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts4Division of General Medicine, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: Peter K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Lindenauer
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010343:Patient Admission / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States