Nonemergent emergency room utilization for an inner-city pediatric population

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 363-366

  Moon, Troy D ^a   Laurens, Matthew B ^a   Weimer, Stephen M ^a   Levy, Jerussa A ^b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency care; Medicaid; Medical home

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SIBLING; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOUISIANA; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; URBAN POPULATION; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 20544469930     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pec.0000166725.76685.4a     Document Type: Article

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