Variation in emergency department diagnostic testing and disposition outcomes in pneumonia

Pediatrics

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 237-244

  Florin, Todd A ^a,b,d   French, Benjamin ^c   Zorc, Joseph J ^c   Alpern, Elizabeth R ^c   Shah, Samir S ^b,d  

^a Division of Emergency Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Clinical practice variation; Diagnostic tests; Emergency medicine; Health resources; Health services research; Hospitalization; Logistic models; Physician practice patterns; Pneumonia; Radiography; Utilization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITAL UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES;

CHILDREN; CLINICAL PRACTICE VARIATION; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALIZATION; LOGISTIC MODELS; PHYSICIAN PRACTICE PATTERNS; PNEUMONIA; RADIOGRAPHY; UTILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; KANSAS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT READMISSION; PNEUMONIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 84882283454     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2013-0179     Document Type: Article

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