The Association Between Crowding and Mortality in Admitted Pediatric Patients From Mixed Adult-Pediatric Emergency Departments in Korea

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1136-1141

  Cha, Won Chul ^a   Shin, Sang Do ^b   Cho, Jin Sung ^c   Song, Kyoung Jun ^d   Singer, Adam J ^e   Kwak, Young Ho ^b  

^a Seoguipo Medical Center   (United States)

^b Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Gachon University   (United States)

^d Seoul National University Boramae Hospital   (South Korea)

^e STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Crowding; Hospital mortality; Increased hazard

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CROWDING; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SOUTH KOREA; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; CROWDING (AREA); EMERGENCY PATIENT; EMERGENCY WARD; HAZARD RATIO; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; INFORMATION SYSTEM; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY RATE;

ADULT; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CROWDING; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; TRIAGE;

EID: 84860283163     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: 15351815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e31823ab90b     Document Type: Article

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