Emergency department crowding is associated with decreased quality of care for children with acute asthma.
Sills
Marion R
MR
Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA. sills.marion@tchden.org
Fairclough
Diane
D
Ranade
Daksha
D
Kahn
Michael G
MG
D000293:Adolescent; D001249:Asthma / Q000628:therapy*; D001509:Bed Occupancy; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003441:Crowding; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000592:standards; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D016017:Odds Ratio; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care / Q000592:standards; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000592:standards; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors; D055815:Young Adult