Pediatric out-of-hospital emergency medical services utilization in Kansas City, Missouri

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 526-531

  Miller, Melissa K ^a   Dowd, M Denise ^a   Gratton, Matthew C ^b,c   Cai, Jinwen ^c   Simon, Stephen D ^a  

^a CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b TRUMAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Kansas City Health Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency medical services for children; Pediatric emergency medicine; Prehospital care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD INJURY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROUPS BY AGE; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTOXICATION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PAIN; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY ARREST; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUMMER; UNITED STATES; WINTER;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AMBULANCES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MISSOURI; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 67149114914     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2009.00418.x     Document Type: Article

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