The district hospital emergency department: Why do parents present?

Emergency Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 68-76

  Cooper, Carolyn ^a,d   Simpson, Judy M ^b   Hanson, Ralph ^c  

^a Fairfield Health Service   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^d Community Paediatrics ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Emergency department; Paediatrics; Parents

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; PARENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MOTIVATION; NEW SOUTH WALES; ODDS RATIO; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0037295744     PISSN: 10356851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2026.2003.00411.x     Document Type: Article

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