Follow-up compliance in febrile children: A comparison of two systems

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 996-1001

  Hemphill, Robin R ^a   Santen, Sally A ^c   Howell, John M ^b   Altieri, Michael F ^d  

^a Joint Military Medical Centers   (United States)

^b Georgetown George Washington EMR   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d INOVA FAIRFAX HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency medicine; Fever; Follow up studies; Patient compliance; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL FEE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0031710107     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.1998.tb02779.x     Document Type: Article

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