Estimated savings from paid telephone consultations between subspecialists and primary care physicians

Pediatrics

Volumn 122, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Wegner, Steven E ^a   Humble, Charles G ^a   Feaganes, John ^a   Stiles, Alan D ^b  

^a AccessCare   (United States)

^b North Carolina Children's Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Curbside consults; Pediatric subspecialty care; Primary care; Service avoidance; Telephone consultations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAID; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; TELECONSULTATION; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; INFANT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC RELATIONS; STATISTICS; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELEPHONE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST SAVINGS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MEDICAID; NORTH CAROLINA; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; TELECOMMUNICATIONS; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58249090004     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-0432     Document Type: Article

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