Keeping Children Out of Hospitals: Parents' and Physicians' Perspectives on How Pediatric Hospitalizations for Ambulatory Care-Sensitive Conditions Can Be Avoided

Pediatrics

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1021-1030

  Flores, Glenn ^a,c   Abreu, Milagros ^a   Chaisson, Christine E ^b   Sun, Donglin ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Avoidable hospitalizations; Children; Health services research; Minorities; Pediatrics; Prevention; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; DEHYDRATION; GASTROENTERITIS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SKIN INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; AMBULATORY CARE; BOSTON; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; PHYSICIANS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0242268975     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.112.5.1021     Document Type: Article

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