Children referred to an emergency department by an after-hours call center: Complaint-specific analysis

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 507-513

  Scarfone, Richard J ^a,b   Luberti, Anthony A ^a,b   Mistry, Rakesh D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^c ST CHRISTOPHER'S HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

After hours call center; Complaint specific analysis; Referral

Indexed keywords

INFUSION FLUID;

AFTER HOURS CALL CENTER; ARTICLE; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CONSULTATION; DEHYDRATION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EAR DISEASE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EMERGENCY WARD; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEAD; HUMAN; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL RECORD; NOSE DISEASE; PATIENT CODING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TELEPHONE; THROAT DISEASE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; WHEEZING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ANSWERING SERVICES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECISION MAKING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC DISEASES; PHILADELPHIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TELEPHONE; TRIAGE;

EID: 4143061483     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pec.0000136066.99456.41     Document Type: Article

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