The complex association of race and leaving the pediatric emergency department without being seen by a physician

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1136-1145

  Harrison, Blair ^a   Finkelstein, Marsha ^a   Puumala, Susan ^b   Payne, Nathaniel R ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITALS AND CLINICS OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

health care disparities; leaving without complete evaluation and treatment; race

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CHILD; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INSURANCE COVERAGE; LANGUAGE; MALE; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PHYSICIANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84869507798     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: 15351815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e31827134db     Document Type: Article

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