Silber, Jeffrey H. MD, PhD*†‡§; Rosenbaum, Paul R. PhD∥; Trudeau, Martha E. MPA, RN*¶; Chen, Wei MS*§; Zhang, Xuemei MS*; Lorch, Scott A. MD, MSCE*†§; Kelz, Rachel Rapaport MD, MSCE**; Mosher, Rachel E. BA*; Even-Shoshan, Orit MS*§
From the *Center for Outcomes Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; Departments of †Pediatrics and ‡Anesthesia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine; §Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics; ∥Department of Statistics, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania; ¶VA Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion; **Department of Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA.
Supported primarily by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) (grant no. HS-R01-9460). Dr. Rosenbaum was also supported in part by a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The AHRQ and the NSF had no involvement in conducting this research.
Reprints: Jeffrey H. Silber, MD, PhD, Center for Outcomes Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 3535 Market Street, Suite 1029, Philadelphia, PA 19104. E-mail: [email protected].