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...

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Publicado en:Pediatrics Vol. 125; no. 3; pp. 454 - 460
Autores principales: Ben-Isaac E, Schrager SM, Keefer M, Chen AY
Formato: research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: American Academy of Pediatrics Mar2010
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