Methods of categorizing emergency department visit urgency: A survey of pediatric emergency medicine physicians

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 635-639

  Brousseau, David C ^a,c   Mistry, Rakesh D ^b   Alessandrini, Evaline A ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c MS 677 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Utilization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY NURSE PRACTITIONER; EMERGENCY WARD; FEVER; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; RADIODIAGNOSIS; URINALYSIS;

CHILD; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; PEDIATRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRIAGE;

EID: 33748781448     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pec.0000230712.89269.84     Document Type: Article

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