Non-urgent emergency department visits at a children's hospital;Consultas no urgentes al Departamento de Urgencias de un hospital pediátrico

Archivos Argentinos de Pediatria

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 8-13

  Vinelli, Nicolás F ^a   Mannucci, Carla ^a   Laba, Natalia I ^a   Del Vecchioa, Lorenzo ^a   Valerioa, Andrea ^a   Lago, María I ^a   Nietoa, María M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL DE NIÑOS PEDRO DE ELIZALDE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Emergency service; Health services misuse; Hospital; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 79951586870     PISSN: 03250075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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