Fast track and the pediatric emergency department: Resource utilization and patient outcomes

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1153-1159

  Hampers, Louis C ^a,b   Cha, Susie ^a   Gutglass, David J ^a   Binns, Helen J ^a   Krug, Steven E ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Fast track; Outcomes; Resource utilization; Urgent care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; EMERGENCY WARD; FIRST AID; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032712107     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.1999.tb00119.x     Document Type: Article

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