Understanding low-acuity visits to the pediatric emergency department

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Farion, Ken J ^a,b,c   Wright, Megan ^c   Zemek, Roger ^a,b,c   Neto, Gina ^a,b,c   Karwowska, Anna ^a,b,c   Tse, Sandra ^a,b,c   Reid, Sarah ^a,b,c   Jabbour, Mona ^a,b,c   Poirier, Stephanie ^c   Moreau, Katherine A ^a,c   Barrowman, Nicholas ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CANADA; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE DURATION; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH CENTER; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LOW ACUITY VISIT; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MOTIVATION; ONLINE SYSTEM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOM; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; ADOLESCENT; AMBULATORY CARE; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PARENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADOLESCENT; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEDICAL OVERUSE; OFFICE VISITS; PARENTS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERTIARY HEALTHCARE;

EID: 84939133560     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0128927     Document Type: Article

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