@article{ref1,
title="The epidemiology of pediatric visits to New Jersey general emergency departments",
journal="Pediatric emergency care",
year="1998",
author="Zimmerman, D. R. and Allegra, J. R. and Cody, R. P.",
volume="14",
number="2",
pages="112-115",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To describe the epidemiology of pediatric visits to the emergency departments (EDs) of 10 general hospitals by age and gender. DESIGN: Review of ICD-9 codes from the billing database of a practice of emergency physicians. SETTING: Ten hospitals in north/central New Jersey. PATIENTS: All children <18 years treated by group physicians in EDs of study hospitals. INTERVENTIONS: None. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Diagnoses and visits. RESULTS: There were 319,430 diagnoses recorded for 241,839 children (18.9% of the 1,277,233 total visits by all ages). The number of visits was highest in the <2 and >14 years age groups, with males predominating in all age groups. The number of visits from trauma increased with age. Otitis accounted for over 3% of all ED visits in this sample, over 7000 visits. CONCLUSIONS: Children account for a significant portion of ED visits in general hospitals. EDs need to be equipped and staffed to handle this clientele.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0749-5161",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}