Emergency department visits for mental health conditions among US children, 2001-2011

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 53, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 1359-1366

  Simon, Alan E ^a   Schoendorf, Kenneth C ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^b U S PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

children; emergency department; mental health; trends

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; RACE DIFFERENCE; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84911490965     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: 19382707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922814541806     Document Type: Article

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