2018
Emergency Care for Children in the United States: Epidemiology and Trends Over Time
Whitfill T, Auerbach M, Scherzer DJ, Shi J, Xiang H, Stanley RM. Emergency Care for Children in the United States: Epidemiology and Trends Over Time. Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2018, 55: 423-434. PMID: 29793812, DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2018.04.019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLower-volume EDsPediatric ED visitsED visitsPediatric visitsEmergency careInterhospital transferPediatric volumeUtilization Project Nationwide Emergency Department SampleNationwide Emergency Department SampleSelf-pay insuranceEmergency Department SampleHigh-volume EDsEmergency care systemLower mortality rateMajority of childrenEmergency department volumeMedicaid insuranceHospital characteristicsGastrointestinal diseasesPediatric careEpidemiological trendsRespiratory diseaseCommon reasonMortality rateTotal visits
2016
What Parents Want: Does Provider Knowledge of Written Parental Expectations Improve Satisfaction in the Emergency Department?
Zoltowski KS, Mistry RD, Brousseau DC, Whitfill T, Aronson PL. What Parents Want: Does Provider Knowledge of Written Parental Expectations Improve Satisfaction in the Emergency Department? Academic Pediatrics 2016, 16: 343-349. PMID: 26854207, PMCID: PMC6915063, DOI: 10.1016/j.acap.2016.01.020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPediatric emergency departmentEmergency departmentProportion of parentsED visitsOverall careIntervention groupClinicians' knowledgeStaff sensitivityTertiary care pediatric emergency departmentParental satisfactionPediatric ED visitsNonurgent ED visitsExpectations SurveyChi-square testED dispositionNonurgent visitsSecondary outcomesPrimary outcomeNonurgent conditionsParents of childrenProvider knowledgeControl groupCare qualityBaseline groupVisits