Preventing paediatric admissions for respiratory disease: A qualitative analysis of the views of health care professionals

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 515-522

  Maharaj, Veena ^a,d   Hsu, Ronald ^b   Beadman, Anna ^c  

^a Derby City Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c Charnwood and North west Leicestershire Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

^d Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Admission; Avoidable; Inappropriate; Paediatric appropriateness evaluation protocol; Preventable; Respiratory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NORMAL HUMAN; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EVALUATION STUDIES; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; PEDIATRICS; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 33748912959     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2006.00652.x     Document Type: Article

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