Association of emergency department care factors with admission and discharge decisions for pediatric patients

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 149, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Chamberlain, James M ^a   Patel, Kantilal M ^a   Pollack, Murray M ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PEDIATRIC WARD; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 33750618993     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2006.05.047     Document Type: Article

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