Association between parental and childhood emergency department utilization

Pediatrics

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2005, Pages

  Mistry, Rakesh D ^a,b   Hoffmann, Raymond G ^a   Yauck, Jennifer S ^a   Brousseau, David C ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency services; Health services; Hospital; Nonurgent emergency care; Utilization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FAMILY; FATHER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INSURANCE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MOTHER; PANEL STUDY; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; CHILD HEALTH CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH INSURANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; PARENTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 17844388121     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 00314005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2004-1798     Document Type: Article

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