Feasibility of web-based self-triage by parents of children with influenza-like illness: A cautionary tale

JAMA Pediatrics

Volumn 167, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 112-118

  Price, Rebecca Anhang ^a   Fagbuyi, Daniel ^b   Harris, Racine ^a   Hanfling, Dan ^c   Place, Frederick ^c   Taylor, Todd B ^d   Kellermann, Arthur L ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c INOVA FAIRFAX HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d RAND Corp Health ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUSTODY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DEHYDRATION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; ETHNICITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; INFANT; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA LIKE ILLNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN THERAPY; PARENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PILOT STUDY; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRATEGY FOR OFF SITE RAPID TRIAGE FOR KIDS; SYMPTOM; WEB BROWSER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TRIAGE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873477014     PISSN: 21686203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2013.1573     Document Type: Article

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