Parental language and return visits to the emergency department after discharge

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 402-404

  Samuels Kalow, Margaret E ^a   Stack, Anne M ^b   Amico, Kendra ^c   Porter, Stephen C ^d,e  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

high frequency utilization; return visits; Spanish language

Indexed keywords

AGE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; EMERGENCY WARD; ENGLISH (LANGUAGE); FEVER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LINGUA FRANCA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUT-OF-HOURS CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENT; PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETURN VISIT; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SPANISH (LANGUAGE); COMMUNICATION BARRIER; COMPREHENSION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; LANGUAGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UTILIZATION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; COMPREHENSION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEVER; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PARENTS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84947080269     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: 15351815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0000000000000592     Document Type: Conference Paper

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