Interfacility transfers of noncritically ill children to academic pediatric emergency departments

Pediatrics

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 83-92

  Li, Joyce ^a   Monuteaux, Michael C ^a   Bachur, Richard G ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency department utilization; Emergency medicine; Health services research; Pediatrics; Transport

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; ORTHOPEDICS; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VIRAL GASTROENTERITIS;

EID: 84863525511     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2011-1819     Document Type: Article

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