Unnecessary imaging, not hospital distance, or transportation mode impacts delays in the transfer of injured children

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 481-486

  Chatoorgoon, Kaveer ^a,b   Huezo, Karen ^a,b   Rangel, Erika ^a,b   François, Nathaly ^a,b   Schweer, Lynn ^a,b   Daugherty, Margot ^a,b   Koehn, Margie ^a,b   Ricketts, Crystal ^a,b   Brown, Rebeccah L ^a,b   Garcia, Victor F ^a,b   Falcone, Richard A ^a,b  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

transfer; trauma; trauma systems

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT TRANSPORT; SCHOOL CHILD; AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

AIR AMBULANCES; AMBULANCES; CHILD; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; OHIO; PATIENT TRANSFER; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRAUMA CENTERS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 77954887821     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e3181e5bef3     Document Type: Article

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