National profile of nonemergent pediatric emergency department visits.
OBJECTIVE: Emergency department (ED) crowding prevents the efficient and effective use of health services and compromises quality. Patients who use the ED for nonemergent health concerns may unnecessarily crowd ED services. In this article we describe characteristics of pediatric patients in the Uni...
| Published in: | Pediatrics Vol. 125; no. 3; pp. 454 - 460 |
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| Main Authors: | , , , |
| Format: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
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American Academy of Pediatrics
Mar2010
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| Online Access: | View this record in EBSCOhost |