Emergency care for children in pediatric and general emergency departments

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 94-102

  Bourgeois, Florence T ^a   Shannon, Michael W ^b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Clinical course of pediatric patients; Emergency department length of stay; Emergency department wait times; Health services delivery; Pediatric emergency department outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33947190471     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e3180302c22     Document Type: Article

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