Pediatric orthopaedic patients presenting to a university emergency department after visiting another emergency department: Demographics and health insurance status

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 690-694

  Sabharwal, Sanjeev ^a   Zhao, Caixia ^a   McClemens, Emily ^a   Kaufmann, Arlene ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Emergency care; Health insurance; Medicaid; Pediatric fracture

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CAST APPLICATION; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OUTPATIENT; PREFERRED PROVIDER ORGANIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE; REFERENCE DATABASE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ARM INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LEG INJURIES; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS;

EID: 34548178303     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BPO.0b013e3181425653     Document Type: Article

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