title: Sick-child daycare promotes healing and staffing.
abstract: Keeping working parents working when their children are mildly ill protects workplace productivity. This article presents a successful model for a medical center's sick-child day-care facility.
authors.affiliation: Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn., USA.
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Herman
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Koppa
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sullivan
mesh_terms: D000041:Absenteeism; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002656:Child Day Care Centers / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003631:Day Care, Medical / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006801:Humans; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital; D009745:Nursing, Supervisory; D016524:Parental Leave; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits