Reduction of inappropriate hospital admissions of children with influenza-like illness through the implementation of specific guidelines: A case-controlled study

Pediatrics

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2005, Pages

  De Marco, Giulio ^a   Mangani, Sebastiano ^a,b   Correra, Antonio ^b   Di Caro, Stefania ^a   Tarallo, Luigi ^c   De Franciscis, Alessandro ^a   Jefferson, Tom ^d   Guarino, Alfredo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b Ospedale SS Annunziata   (Italy)

^c LEONARDO S P A   (Italy)

^d ASL 20   (Italy)

Author keywords

Children; Guideline; Inappropriate admission; Influenza like illness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; ITALY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PEDIATRICIAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; INFANT; PEDIATRICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT ADMISSION; PEDIATRICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES;

EID: 33644686843     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 00314005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2005-0053     Document Type: Article

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