Follow-up after a pediatric emergency department visit: Telephone versus e-mail?

Pediatrics

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 988-991

  Goldman, Ran D ^a   Mehrotra, Shruti ^a   Pinto, Tanya R ^a   Mounstephen, William ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

E mail; Emergency; Follow up; Internet

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; E-MAIL; EMERGENCY WARD; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PARENT; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELEPHONE; AFTERCARE; CANADA; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; METHODOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

AFTERCARE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTRONIC MAIL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INTERNET; ONTARIO; TELEPHONE;

EID: 14844297979     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 00314005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2004-0015     Document Type: Article

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