Factors associated with emergency department utilization for nonurgent pediatric problems
| Autor: | Rollin Nagel, Sandra Puczynski, Sanford R Kimmel, Kevin Phelps, William Klein, Christine Taylor |
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| Rok vydání: | 2000 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Child Health Services MEDLINE Psychological intervention Health Services Misuse Medical care Health Services Accessibility Hospitals Urban medicine Humans Child Insurance Health business.industry Data Collection Single parent Primary care physician General Medicine Emergency department medicine.disease Logistic Models Family medicine Female Medical emergency business Emergency Service Hospital Medicaid Urban hospital |
| Zdroj: | Archives of family medicine. 9(10) |
| ISSN: | 1063-3987 1086-1092 |
| Popis: | OBJECTIVE To identify specific caretaker and utilization characteristics predictive of the use of the emergency departments (EDs) for nonurgent reasons. Each year more than 20 million children in the United States seek medical care in EDs. Between one third and one half of these visits are for nonurgent reasons. DESIGN A descriptive study conducted during a 6-month period. SETTING Two urban hospital EDs. MEASURE A questionnaire was designed to elicit information about specific caretaker characteristics and their reasons for using the ED for their child's nonurgent medical care. SUBJECTS Two hundred caretakers and children brought to the ED for nonacute medical care. Caretakers in this study included mothers (82%) with a mean age of 30 years, single caretakers (70%), and unemployed caretakers (60%). The average age of the children was 6.2 years. RESULTS Most caretakers (92%) reported having a continuity physician for their children. Caretakers who reported being taken to the ED when they were children (P |
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