A new model to decrease time-to-appointment wait for gastroenterology evaluation

Pediatrics

Volumn 131, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Di Guglielmo, Matthew D ^a,b   Plesnick, Joanne ^b   Greenspan, Jay S ^a,b   Sharif, Iman ^a,b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to health care; Gastroenterology; Patient satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FEMALE; GASTROENTEROLOGY; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PEDIATRICIAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; VOMITING;

ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE; GASTROENTEROLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADOLESCENT; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DELAWARE; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FEMALE; GASTROENTEROLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITAL-PHYSICIAN RELATIONS; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PEDIATRICS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; TIME FACTORS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84877062789     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2012-2372     Document Type: Article

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