Stephanie Denison, Christie Reed, Fei Xu
The emergence of probabilistic reasoning in very young infants: evidence from 4.5- and 6-month-olds
Developmental psychology
pediatric emergency departments overcrowded part due many nonemergent visits aimed assess proportion parents interested leaving pediatric emergency department ed prior physician assessment could offered scheduled community healthcare appointment explored differences care children received ed stratified interest community healthcare appointment parents reasons interested conducted 14item survey within pediatric ed canadian tertiary care teaching hospital assess parents interest program offered community healthcare appointments determined preferred appointment characteristics parents presenting children triaged ctas 25 met eligibility criteria approached research assistant prior physician assessment surveys paired medical chart outlining care received descriptive statistics regression model used describe characteristics families care received among interested community healthcare appointment total 403 surveys completed overall 236 participants 586 95 ci 538634 interested community healthcare appointment general parents interested community healthcare appointment younger presented younger children compared interested among interested preference appointment pediatrician family physician timely access appointment appointments scheduled outside regular business hours study provides evidence interest alternative care access model positioned reduce pediatric ed congestion found parents would interested leaving pediatric ed favor community healthcare appointment provided physician available timely manner