A reduction in emergency department use by children from a parent educational intervention

Family Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 106-111

  Yoffe, Stuart J ^a   Moore, Robert W ^b   Gibson, John O ^c   Dadfar, Nemat M ^d   McKay, Rebecca L ^e   McClellan, David A ^f   Huang, Tse Yang ^g  

^a Innovative Health Care   (United States)

^b Brazos Valley Family Practice Residency   (United States)

^c JOHN PETER SMITH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Private Practice   (United States)

^e TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^g NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD WELFARE; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PEDIATRICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; OUTPATIENTS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PEDIATRICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEXAS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79751504455     PISSN: 07423225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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