The rates of hospital admissions and return visits to a rapidly growing pediatric emergency department as measures of quality of care

• Main Authors: Amit Keret (Author), Yakir Shir (Author), Shepard Schwartz (Author), Elihay Berliner (Author), Mattityahu Erlichman (Author), Giora Weiser (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Return visits to the emergency department are viewed as a quality measure of patient management. Avoiding unnecessary admissions to the ward can potentially cause an increase in return visits, thus effecting quality assessment. Methods After implementing an educational process th...