1. Provider-Level and Hospital-Level Factors and Process Measures of Quality Care Delivered in Pediatric Emergency Departments
- Author
-
Alexander J. Rogers, Parul Dayal, Meridith Sonnett, Madan Dharmar, Rebecca Andrews-Dickert, Elizabeth R. Alpern, Patrick S Romano, Charles G. Macias, James P. Marcin, Elizabeth C. Powell, Lise E. Nigrovic, Nathan Kuppermann, Leah Tzimenatos, Erika Sidney, Dominic A. Borgialli, James M. Chamberlain, T. Charles Casper, and Nanette C. Dudley
- Subjects
Emergency Medical Services ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Adolescent ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Quality care ,Article ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,030225 pediatrics ,medicine ,Humans ,Quality (business) ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Quality of care ,Child ,Quality of Health Care ,Process Measures ,media_common ,business.industry ,Process Assessment, Health Care ,Hospital level ,Emergency department ,Hospitals, Pediatric ,Confidence interval ,Family medicine ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,Emergency Service, Hospital ,business ,Graduation - Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Differences in the quality of emergency department (ED) care are often attributed to nonclinical factors such as variations in the structure, systems, and processes of care. Few studies have examined these associations among children. We aimed to determine whether process measures of quality of care delivered to patients receiving care in children’s hospital EDs were associated with physician-level or hospital-level factors. METHODS: We included children (
- Published
- 2020
- Full Text
- View/download PDF