Quality of care for common pediatric respiratory illnesses in united states emergency departments: Analysis of 2005 national hospital ambulatory medical care survey data

Pediatrics

Volumn 122, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1165-1170

  Knapp, Jane F ^a   Simon, Stephen D ^a   Sharma, Vidya ^a  

^a CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Bronchiolitis; Croup; Emergency department; Performance indicators; Quality

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHIOLITIS; CHILD; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CROUP; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG UTILIZATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; PEDIATRICS; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; BRONCHIOLITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CROUP; DRUG UTILIZATION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROBABILITY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58249093613     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-3237     Document Type: Article

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