Changes in Emergency Department Pediatric Readiness, Inpatient Services, and Excess Child Deaths

This study found that the loss or persistent lack of high ED pediatric readiness and pediatric inpatient services were independently associated with excess mortality in children. Increasing ED readiness and adding inpatient services may augment pediatric survival in the US health care system.

Corresponding Author: Craig D. Newgard, MD, MPH, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, 1001 Potrero Ave, San Francisco, CA 94110 (craig.newgard@ucsf.edu).

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