Why Do Parents Bring Children to the Emergency Department for Nonurgent Conditions? A Qualitative Study

Ambulatory Pediatrics

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 360-367

  Berry, Anne ^a   Brousseau, David ^a   Brotanek, Jane M ^a   Tomany Korman, Sandra ^a   Flores, Glenn ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

nonurgent; pediatric emergency department; underserved populations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIO RECORDING; CHILD HEALTH CARE; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY WARD; ETHNOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; MEDICAL EXPERT; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENTAL AGE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SATISFACTION; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; WISCONSIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58849120563     PISSN: 15301567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ambp.2008.07.001     Document Type: Article

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