Application of measurement tools to pediatric emergency medicine.
A focus on children and the limited time frame of the emergency care setting makes pediatric emergency medicine (EM) outcomes research a challenging endeavor. To address the challenges, pediatric EM researchers must choose their risk adjustment and outcomes measures carefully. This article provides guidance to those researchers through a series of questions and answers, with an emphasis on present and future measurement tools and the steps needed to further develop the field.
Department of Emergency Medicine, The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858-4354, USA. hgarriso@pcmh.com
Herbert G
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Garrison
Ronald F
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Maio
Daniel W
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Spaite
D002648:Child; D004635:Emergency Medicine / Q000592:standards*; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000592:standards*; D020379:Risk Adjustment; D018570:Risk Assessment