Inappropriate pediatric emergency medical services utilization redefined

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 514-518

  Richards, Michael E ^a   Hubble, Michael W ^b   Zwehl Burke, Sarah ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Emergency Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulance; Emergency medical services; EMS; Utilization

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACCIDENTAL POISONING; ADULT; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONVULSION; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES EDUCATION; ETHNICITY; FACE INJURY; FACIAL AREA LACERATION AND CUTS; FEMALE; FEVER; GROUPS BY AGE; HEAD AND NECK DISEASE; HEAD AND NECK INJURY; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; STOMACH PAIN; SYNCOPE; THORAX PAIN; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; TRIAGE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959978838     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: 15351815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e31821c98bf     Document Type: Article

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