Children admitted to the hospital after returning to the emergency department within 72 hours

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 808-811

  Goldman, Ran D ^a,b,c   Kapoor, Aarti ^d   Mehta, Sanjay ^d  

^a BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

length of stay; return visit; training

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROWDING; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; ONTARIO; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT READMISSION; PATIENT TRANSFER; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TRIAGE;

EID: 80052970981     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: 15351815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e31822c1273     Document Type: Article

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