Pediatric after-hours telephone triage and advice: Who benefits and who pays?

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 617-618

  Melzer, Sanford M ^a  

^a SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TELEPHONE;

AFTER-HOURS CARE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; PEDIATRICS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; TELEPHONE; TRIAGE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038016528     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.157.7.617     Document Type: Editorial

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