Evaluation of a child guidance model for visits for mental disorders to an inner-city pediatric emergency department

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 212-217

  Mahajan, Prashant ^a   Thomas, Ronald ^a   Rosenberg, David R ^a   Leleszi, Jimmie P ^a   Leleszi, Elizabeth ^a   Mathur, Ambika ^a   Hairston, Elese L ^a   Knazik, Stephen R ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Costs; Mental health visits

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INFORMATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENTAL DISEASE; MODEL; PEDIATRICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COST; ECONOMICS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; INFANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MENTAL DISORDERS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 34247247312     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e31803e177f     Document Type: Article

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