Acute illness care patterns change with use of telemedicine

Pediatrics

Volumn 123, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  McConnochie, Kenneth M ^a   Wood, Nancy E ^a   Herendeen, Neil E ^a   Ng, Phillip K ^a   Noyes, Katia ^b   Wang, Hongyue ^b   Roghmann, Klaus J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Child care; Emergency department; Primary care; Telemedicine; Utilization of services

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAID; PATIENT CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TELEMEDICINE;

ACUTE DISEASE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MEDICAID; NEW YORK; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REMOTE CONSULTATION; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 66249123313     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-2698     Document Type: Article

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