Open AccessPaediatric health care access in community health centres is associated with survival for critically ill children who undergo inter-facility transport: A province-wide observational study
Author(s) -
Janice A. Tijssen,
Teresa To,
Laurie J. Morrison,
Fuad Alnaji,
Russell D. MacDonald,
Cynthia Cupido,
Kyong-Soon Lee,
Christopher S. Parshuram
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.55
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1918-1485
pISSN - 1205-7088
DOI - 10.1093/pch/pxz013
Subject(s) - medicine , referral , odds ratio , pediatric intensive care unit , confidence interval , emergency medicine , critically ill , observational study , mortality rate , population , pediatrics , intensive care medicine , family medicine , environmental health
Diverse settlement makes inter-facility transport of critically ill children a necessary part of regionalized health care. There are few studies of outcomes and health care services use of this growing population.