Professional interpreters and bilingual physicians in a pediatric emergency department: Effect on resource utilization

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 156, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1108-1113

  Hampers, Louis C ^a   McNulty, Jennifer E ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; COST OF ILLNESS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYDRATION; INFANT; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SERVICE; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036872699     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.156.11.1108     Document Type: Article

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