Language and length of stay in the pediatric emergency department

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 640-643

  Goldman, Ran D ^a   Amin, Parsa ^b   Macpherson, Alison ^b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Culture; Emergency; Ethnicity; Language; Length of stay; Utilization

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CANADA; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; RANDOMIZATION; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PEDIATRICS;

EID: 33748761143     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pec.0000227865.38815.ec     Document Type: Review

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