[Hospital admissions in a pediatric department]

Pediatr Med Chir. 1991 Sep-Oct;13(5):505-7.
[Article in Italian]

Abstract

Admission of 429 children in Pediatric Department were examined. 249 children had been taken to emergency ward by parents, 131 had been hospitalized by other physician. 175 children had been examined before admission by panel doctor who decided admission of 114 in Pediatric Department. Parents decided admission of 30 children. The necessity of admission in Department was only in 33 per cent of children admitted.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Female
  • Hospitals, Pediatric / statistics & numerical data*
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Italy
  • Male
  • Patient Admission / statistics & numerical data*