Evidence-based standardization and ED admission rate variation in US children's hospitals

Affiliations

¹ Office of Clinical Practice Innovation, Departments of Emergency Medicine and Health Policy, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, District of Columbia pinesj@gwu.edu.

Comment

Jesse M Pines. Pediatrics. 2014 Sep.

. 2014 Sep;134(3):605-6.

doi: 10.1542/peds.2014-2043. Epub 2014 Aug 11.

¹ Office of Clinical Practice Innovation, Departments of Emergency Medicine and Health Policy, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, District of Columbia pinesj@gwu.edu.

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Keywords: admission rate; emergency department; payment reform; pediatric; protocols; standardization.

Comment on

Variation in emergency department admission rates in US children's hospitals.
Bourgeois FT, Monuteaux MC, Stack AM, Neuman MI. Bourgeois FT, et al. Pediatrics. 2014 Sep;134(3):539-45. doi: 10.1542/peds.2014-1278. Epub 2014 Aug 11. Pediatrics. 2014. PMID: 25113291 Free PMC article.