A new implicit review instrument for measuring quality of care delivered to pediatric patients in the emergency department

BMC Emergency Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Dharmar, Madan ^a,b   Marcin, James P ^a,b   Kuppermann, Nathan ^a,b   Andrada, Emily R ^a   Cole, Stacey ^b   Harvey, Danielle J ^a   Romano, Patrick S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH CARE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DATA ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY CARE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; STUDENT T TEST; TREATMENT PLANNING; VALIDITY;

EID: 35148878367     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471227X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-227X-7-13     Document Type: Review

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