Evaluation of factors associated with interhospital transfers to pediatric and adult tertiary level of care: A study of acute neurological disease cases

Stanca Iacob; Yanzhi Wang; Susan C. Peterson; Sven Ivankovic; Salil Bhole; Patrick T. Tracy; Patrick W. Elwood

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0279031

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Evaluation of factors associated with interhospital transfers to pediatric and adult tertiary level of care: A study of acute neurological disease cases

Stanca Iacob ,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: Stanca.Iacob@osfhealthcare.org

Affiliations Department of Neurology, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, United States of America, Illinois Neurological Institute, OSF HealthCare System, Peoria, Illinois, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1737-6031

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Yanzhi Wang,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Research Services, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, United States of America
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Susan C. Peterson,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Healthcare Analytics, OSF HealthCare System, Peoria, Illinois, United States of America
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Sven Ivankovic,

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, United States of America
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Salil Bhole,

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, United States of America
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Patrick T. Tracy,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, United States of America
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Patrick W. Elwood

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, United States of America
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Evaluation of factors associated with interhospital transfers to pediatric and adult tertiary level of care: A study of acute neurological disease cases

Stanca Iacob,
Yanzhi Wang,
Susan C. Peterson,
Sven Ivankovic,
Salil Bhole,
Patrick T. Tracy,
Patrick W. Elwood

Published: December 14, 2022
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0279031

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