Appropriateness of urgent referrals by nurses at a hospital-based pediatric call center.
Open Access
- 1 April 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
- Vol. 154 (4) , 355-360
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.154.4.355
Abstract
To evaluate (1) the appropriateness of the after-hours referral (AHR), (2) clinical characteristics of urgently referred patients, and (3) parental compliance with disposition recommendations by the After-Hours Call Center of the Children's Hospital, Denver, Colo.Keywords
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