Effects of Social Work Intervention on Nonemergent Pediatric Emergency Department Utilization

Health and Social Work

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 263-273

  Ross, Judith W ^a,b   Roberts, Diane ^a   Campbell, James ^a,c   Solomon, Karen Sofranko ^a   Brouhard, Ben H ^a,c  

^a MetroHealth Medical Center   (United States)

^b Cleveland Public Theatre   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency care; Pediatric emergency care; Pediatric primary care; Social work intervention

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FIRST AID; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PEDIATRICS; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RANDOMIZATION; SOCIAL WORK; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 9144239852     PISSN: 03607283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hsw/29.4.263     Document Type: Article

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