Does telephone triage delay significant medical treatment? Advice nurse service vs on-call pediatricians

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 635-641

  Lee, Thomas J ^a   Baraff, Larry J ^a,b,d   Guzy, Judith ^a   Johnson, David ^c   Woo, Heide ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MATTEL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c McKesson   (United States)

^d UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEW; NURSE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARENT; PEDIATRICIAN; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TELEPHONE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; AFTER-HOURS CARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PEDIATRIC NURSING; PEDIATRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAMPLING STUDIES; TELEPHONE; TIME FACTORS; TRIAGE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038496711     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.157.7.635     Document Type: Article

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