Predicting Factors and Risk Stratification for Return Visits to the Emergency Department Within 72 Hours in Pediatric Patients

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 819-824

  Sung, Sheng Feng ^a   Liu, Kang Ernest ^b   Chen, Solomon Chih Cheng ^a   Lo, Chia Lun ^b   Lin, Kuei Chih ^c   Hu, Ya Han ^b  

^a CHIA YI CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI CITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

classification and regression tree; emergencies; health services; return visits

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FEMALE PHYSICIAN; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PROBABILITY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STRATIFICATION; SYMPTOM; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL READMISSION; INFANT; MALE; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PATIENT READMISSION; PEDIATRICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84949550427     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: 15351815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0000000000000417     Document Type: Article

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