Emergency department reliance: A discriminatory measure of frequent emergency department users

Pediatrics

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 133-138

  Kroner, Eric L ^a   Hoffmann, Raymond G ^a   Brousseau, David C ^a,b  

^a Children's Research Institute ^*  (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Child; Emergency care; Emergency department reliance; Frequent users; Quality of health care; Use

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NEGRO; NEWBORN; POPULATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ODDS RATIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POVERTY; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 74049106223     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2009-0960     Document Type: Article

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