A new implicit review instrument for measuring quality of care delivered to pediatric patients in the emergency department.

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Published in BMC Emerg Med on August 23, 2007

Authors

Madan Dharmar1, James P Marcin, Nathan Kuppermann, Emily R Andrada, Stacey Cole, Danielle J Harvey, Patrick S Romano

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Pediatrics, University of California, Davis, USA. mdharmar@ucdavis.edu.

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