Physician parents and utilization of a pediatric emergency department

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 400-403

  Diekema, Douglas S ^a,c   Del Beccaro, Mark A ^a   Cummings, Peter ^b   Quan, Linda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

ED utilization; nonurgent illness; Physician parents

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSE; PARENT; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JURISPRUDENCE; MALE; NURSES; PARENTS; PHYSICIANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030479327     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006565-199612000-00003     Document Type: Article

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