Ambulance diversion as a proxy for emergency department crowding: The effect on pediatric mortality in a metropolitan area

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 116-123

  Shenoi, Rohit P ^a   Ma, Long ^a   Jones, Jennifer ^a   Frost, Mary ^b   Seo, Munseok ^c   Begley, Charles E ^c  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulance diversion; Emergency department crowding; Pediatric mortality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROWDING; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZED CHILD; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT CODING; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; AMBULANCES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CROWDING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT TRANSFER; TEXAS; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 59949086955     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2008.00317.x     Document Type: Article

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