Pediatric emergency care —A method to drive action

Most pediatric emergency department (ED) care occurs in non-pediatric EDs, and EDs vary widely in their readiness to care for pediatric cases and in the access of children to high pediatric-readiness emergency care (J Pediatr 2018;194:225-32). At the same time, research regarding pediatric ED outcomes reflects practice in urban academic centers. We lack ways to objectively and efficiently compare pediatric care across EDs. Although adult providers have established methodology to do so using administrative data, we have lacked a comparable approach in pediatrics.
Source: The Journal of Pediatrics - Category: Pediatrics Authors: Tags: The Editors' Perspectives Source Type: research