Paediatric utilization of an emergency department in Italy

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 565-569

  Pileggi, Claudia ^a,b   Raffaele, Gianluca ^a   Angelillo, Italo F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Emergency department; Hospital; Italy; Non urgent visits; Paediatric

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INFANT; ITALY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 33749566821     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckl019     Document Type: Article

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