A study of childhood attendance at emergency departments in the West Midlands region

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 391-393

  Downing, Amy ^a,c   Rudge, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c Northern and Yorkshire Cancer Registry and Information Service   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FRACTURE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; JOINT INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; UNITED KINGDOM; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMERGENCY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH; HOSPITALIZATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENGLAND; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 33744979752     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2005.025411     Document Type: Article

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