Boarding admitted children in the emergency department impacts inpatient outcomes

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 236-242

  Bekmezian, Arpi ^a   Chung, Paul J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

cost; ED boarding; hospital admission; length of stay; readmission

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT READMISSION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84858074701     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: 15351815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e3182494b94     Document Type: Article

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