title: [Pediatric emergency care in pediatric hospitals in France].
abstract: Emergency medicine has evolved considerably over the last 25 years in France, driven by major sociological and epidemiological upheavals, and is now a high-level and academic specialty. Pediatric emergency units were originally modeled on adult emergency services and now meet the same efficiency criteria. However, the reduction in care supply, together with the simultaneous increase in demand, has created significant deficiencies. This is particularly true in pediatric teaching hospitals, which deal with the highest volume of patients but are subject to cost-cutting and eficiency measures. The main problems are the lack of flow management upstream and inadequate hospital capacity downstream. Solutions have been proposed to mitigate these issues but more efforts are needed.
authors: Emmanuel
authors: E
authors: Grimprel
authors: Pierre
authors: P
authors: Bégué
mesh_terms: D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005602:France; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric; D006801:Humans; D058996:Quality Improvement