title: Pediatric case management in the emergency department.
abstract: Through coordination of care, pediatric nursing case management improves children's health services and decreases duplication of services and the misuse of the emergency department (ED). This study looks at the effect of pediatric nursing case management on the number of ED visits of chronically ill children before, during and after case management.
authors.affiliation: Health Services, University of South Carolina/Spartanburg, USA.
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authors.lastname: Woolbright
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D019090:Case Management; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003363:Cost Control; D016529:Emergency Nursing; D005190:Family; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D006701:Home Nursing; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D015401:Nursing Administration Research; D010371:Pediatric Nursing