The paradox of the nested pediatric emergency department

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1236-1239

  Sacchetti, Alfred ^a   Baren, Jill ^b,c   Carraccio, Carol ^d  

^a OUR LADY OF LOURDES MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Pediatric emergency medicine; Staffing

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL STAFF; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URBAN POPULATION;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; PATIENT ADMISSION; PEDIATRICS; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 27944500321     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2005.06.029     Document Type: Article

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