Nonurgent pediatric emergency department visits: Care-seeking behavior and parental knowledge of insurance

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 10-14

  Doobinin, Kathleen A ^a   Heidt Davis, Paris E ^a   Gross, Toni K ^b   Isaacman, Daniel J ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF THE KING S DAUGHTERS   (United States)

^b Eastern Virginia School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Insurance; Nonurgent illness; Parental knowledge; Pediatric emergency department utilization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; CHILD; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MOTIVATION; PARENTS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PEDIATRICS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; VIRGINIA;

EID: 0037325140     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006565-200302000-00003     Document Type: Article

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