Twenty years of emergency medical services for children: A cause for celebration and a call for action

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 223-226

  Krug, Steven ^a,b,c   Kuppermann, Nathan ^d,e,f  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Amer Acad Pediat Comm Pediat E   (United States)

^d Depts of Emergency Med and Pediat

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f Amer Acad Pediat Sect E   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDGET; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; ORGANIZATION; PHYSICIAN;

CHILD; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; FORECASTING; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PEDIATRICS; STATE GOVERNMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 17644425695     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pec.0000161480.73206.a3     Document Type: Editorial

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