Who are the children leaving the emergency department without being seen by a physician?

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 152-157

  Gaucher, Nathalie ^a   Bailey, Benoit ^a   Gravel, Jocelyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONSULTATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HOME; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROWDING; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; PEDIATRICS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; TREATMENT REFUSAL; TRIAGE; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 79951648833     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2010.00989.x     Document Type: Article

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