title: After-hours telephone calls by parents at an inner-city community health center.
abstract: After-hours telephone consultation is a well-established component of the practice of pediatric medicine. We describe an assessment of the propriety of after-hours telephone calls made by parents at an inner-city pediatric clinic. We conclude that an inner-city pediatric clinic experienced neither more frequent nor less urgent calls in comparison to the data published for private practice suburban settings.
authors.affiliation: Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, New York, 10467, USA.
authors.forename: P O
authors.initials: PO
authors.lastname: Ozuah
mesh_terms: D003151:Community Health Centers / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015277:Hotlines / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D010290:Parents; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013997:Time Factors; D019037:Urban Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*