Effect of a rapid assessment program on total length of stay in a pediatric emergency department

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 295-300

  Sethuraman, Usha ^a   Kannikeswaran, Nirupama ^a   Chen, Xinguang ^a   Mahajan, Prashant V ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

door to physician time; Length of stay; rapid assessment program

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RAPID ASSESSMENT PROGRAM; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASON;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PEDIATRICS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79955053104     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e318217b503     Document Type: Article

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