The potential impact of poison control centers on rural hospitalization rates for poisoning

Pediatrics

Volumn 118, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 2094-2100

  Zaloshnja, Eduard ^a   Miller, Ted ^a   Jones, Paul ^a   Litovitz, Toby ^b   Coben, Jeffrey ^c   Steiner, Claudia ^d   Sheppard, Monique ^a  

^a PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EVALUATION   (United States)

^b National Capital Poison Center   (United States)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benefit; Cost effectiveness; Hospitalization rate; Poison control center; Poisoning; Rural

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST MINIMIZATION ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTOXICATION; POISON CENTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; CHILD; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CHILD; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; POISON CONTROL CENTERS; POISONING; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750935327     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2006-1585     Document Type: Article

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