Patients who leave our emergency department without being seen: The Texas Children's Hospital experience

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 550-554

  Kronfol, Rana N ^a,c   Childers, Kimberly ^b   Caviness, Alison C ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Department of Pediatric Emergency Medicine ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Leave without being seen

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEXAS;

EID: 33747461374     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pec.0000230554.01917.cb     Document Type: Article

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