Implementation of clinical practices to reduce return visits within 72 h to a paediatric emergency department

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 426-432

  Jeong, Jin Hee ^a   Hwang, Seung Sik ^b   Kim, Kyuseok ^c   Lee, Jin Hee ^c   Rhee, Joong Eui ^c   Kang, Changwoo ^a   Lee, Soo Hoon ^a   Kim, Hooyoung ^c   Im, Yeon Sook ^c   Lee, Boeknam ^c   Byeon, Young Im ^c   Lee, Ji Sook ^d  

^a Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

^b Inha University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^d Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE; PEDIATRIC WARD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETURN VISIT; SCHOOL CHILD; AGE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TIME FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; CONTROLLED BEFORE-AFTER STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT READMISSION; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84930374687     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2013-203382     Document Type: Article

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