Impact of a health literacy intervention on pediatric emergency department use

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 434-438

  Herman, Ariella ^a   Young, Kelly D ^b,c   Espitia, Dennis ^d   Fu, Nancy ^e   Farshidi, Arta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

ED overuse; Health literacy; Patient education

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COUGHING; EMERGENCY WARD; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OTALGIA; PARENT COUNSELING; PEDIATRIC WARD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; TELEPHONE; VOMITING;

CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; MALE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 68849131635     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e3181ab78c7     Document Type: Article

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