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

Pediatrics

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1089-1091

  Krug, Steven ^a,b   Kuppermann, Nathan ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INJURY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; UNITED STATES; ARTICLE; BUDGET; CHILD; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HISTORY; LEGAL ASPECT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POLITICS;

BUDGETS; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; LOBBYING; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE;

EID: 23244457200     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 00314005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2005-0403     Document Type: Note

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