Satisfaction with care and decision making among parents/caregivers in the pediatric intensive care unit: A comparison between English-speaking whites and Latinos

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 236-241

  Epstein, David ^a   Unger, Jennifer B ^a   Ornelas, Beatriz ^a   Chang, Jennifer C ^a   Markovitz, Barry P ^a   Dodek, Peter M ^b   Heyland, Daren K ^c   Gold, Jeffrey I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c KINGSTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Critical care; Critically ill children; Healthcare disparities; Parent satisfaction; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCOME; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MOTHER; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIGION; SATISFACTION; UNEMPLOYMENT; CAREGIVER; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HOSPITALIZATION; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REPRODUCIBILITY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECISION MAKING; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; MALE; PARENTS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84923092047     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: 15578615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2014.11.009     Document Type: Article

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