A qualitative assessment of reasons for nonurgent visits to the emergency department: Parent and Health professional opinions

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 220-225

  Fieldston, Evan S ^a,b   Alpern, Elizabeth R ^b   Nadel, Frances M ^a,b   Shea, Judy A ^c   Alessandrini, Evaline A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

access to care; parents; physicians; primary care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; PARENT; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PEDIATRICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RACE; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INFANT; PARENTS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PENNSYLVANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858072603     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: 15351815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e318248b431     Document Type: Review

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