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Variation in low-value radiograph use for children in the emergency department: a cross-sectional study of administrative databases
Gabrielle C. Freire, Christina Diong, Sima Gandhi, Natasha Saunders, Mark I. Neuman, Stephen B. Freedman, Jeremy N. Friedman and Eyal Cohen
October 11, 2022 10 (4) E889-E899; DOI: https://doi.org/10.9778/cmajo.20210140
Gabrielle C. Freire
Division of Emergency Medicine (Freire), Division of Pediatric Medicine (Saunders, Friedman, Cohen), Department of Pediatrics (Freire, Saunders, Friedman, Cohen), The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto; Child Health Evaluative Sciences (Saunders, Cohen), Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute; ICES (Diong, Gandhi, Saunders, Cohen); Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation (Saunders, Cohen), University of Toronto; Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Children (Cohen), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Division of Emergency Medicine (Neuman), Boston Children’s Hospital, Department of Pediatrics (Neuman), Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass.; Sections of Pediatric Emergency Medicine and Gastroenterology, Departments of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine (Freedman), Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.
MDCM MHScChristina Diong
Division of Emergency Medicine (Freire), Division of Pediatric Medicine (Saunders, Friedman, Cohen), Department of Pediatrics (Freire, Saunders, Friedman, Cohen), The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto; Child Health Evaluative Sciences (Saunders, Cohen), Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute; ICES (Diong, Gandhi, Saunders, Cohen); Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation (Saunders, Cohen), University of Toronto; Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Children (Cohen), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Division of Emergency Medicine (Neuman), Boston Children’s Hospital, Department of Pediatrics (Neuman), Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass.; Sections of Pediatric Emergency Medicine and Gastroenterology, Departments of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine (Freedman), Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.
MScSima Gandhi
Division of Emergency Medicine (Freire), Division of Pediatric Medicine (Saunders, Friedman, Cohen), Department of Pediatrics (Freire, Saunders, Friedman, Cohen), The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto; Child Health Evaluative Sciences (Saunders, Cohen), Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute; ICES (Diong, Gandhi, Saunders, Cohen); Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation (Saunders, Cohen), University of Toronto; Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Children (Cohen), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Division of Emergency Medicine (Neuman), Boston Children’s Hospital, Department of Pediatrics (Neuman), Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass.; Sections of Pediatric Emergency Medicine and Gastroenterology, Departments of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine (Freedman), Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.
MScNatasha Saunders
Division of Emergency Medicine (Freire), Division of Pediatric Medicine (Saunders, Friedman, Cohen), Department of Pediatrics (Freire, Saunders, Friedman, Cohen), The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto; Child Health Evaluative Sciences (Saunders, Cohen), Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute; ICES (Diong, Gandhi, Saunders, Cohen); Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation (Saunders, Cohen), University of Toronto; Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Children (Cohen), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Division of Emergency Medicine (Neuman), Boston Children’s Hospital, Department of Pediatrics (Neuman), Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass.; Sections of Pediatric Emergency Medicine and Gastroenterology, Departments of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine (Freedman), Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.
MD MScMark I. Neuman
Division of Emergency Medicine (Freire), Division of Pediatric Medicine (Saunders, Friedman, Cohen), Department of Pediatrics (Freire, Saunders, Friedman, Cohen), The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto; Child Health Evaluative Sciences (Saunders, Cohen), Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute; ICES (Diong, Gandhi, Saunders, Cohen); Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation (Saunders, Cohen), University of Toronto; Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Children (Cohen), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Division of Emergency Medicine (Neuman), Boston Children’s Hospital, Department of Pediatrics (Neuman), Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass.; Sections of Pediatric Emergency Medicine and Gastroenterology, Departments of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine (Freedman), Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.
MD MPHStephen B. Freedman
Division of Emergency Medicine (Freire), Division of Pediatric Medicine (Saunders, Friedman, Cohen), Department of Pediatrics (Freire, Saunders, Friedman, Cohen), The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto; Child Health Evaluative Sciences (Saunders, Cohen), Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute; ICES (Diong, Gandhi, Saunders, Cohen); Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation (Saunders, Cohen), University of Toronto; Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Children (Cohen), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Division of Emergency Medicine (Neuman), Boston Children’s Hospital, Department of Pediatrics (Neuman), Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass.; Sections of Pediatric Emergency Medicine and Gastroenterology, Departments of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine (Freedman), Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.
MDCM MScJeremy N. Friedman
Division of Emergency Medicine (Freire), Division of Pediatric Medicine (Saunders, Friedman, Cohen), Department of Pediatrics (Freire, Saunders, Friedman, Cohen), The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto; Child Health Evaluative Sciences (Saunders, Cohen), Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute; ICES (Diong, Gandhi, Saunders, Cohen); Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation (Saunders, Cohen), University of Toronto; Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Children (Cohen), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Division of Emergency Medicine (Neuman), Boston Children’s Hospital, Department of Pediatrics (Neuman), Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass.; Sections of Pediatric Emergency Medicine and Gastroenterology, Departments of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine (Freedman), Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.
MBChBEyal Cohen
Division of Emergency Medicine (Freire), Division of Pediatric Medicine (Saunders, Friedman, Cohen), Department of Pediatrics (Freire, Saunders, Friedman, Cohen), The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto; Child Health Evaluative Sciences (Saunders, Cohen), Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute; ICES (Diong, Gandhi, Saunders, Cohen); Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation (Saunders, Cohen), University of Toronto; Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Children (Cohen), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Division of Emergency Medicine (Neuman), Boston Children’s Hospital, Department of Pediatrics (Neuman), Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass.; Sections of Pediatric Emergency Medicine and Gastroenterology, Departments of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine (Freedman), Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.
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Variation in low-value radiograph use for children in the emergency department: a cross-sectional study of administrative databases
Gabrielle C. Freire, Christina Diong, Sima Gandhi, Natasha Saunders, Mark I. Neuman, Stephen B. Freedman, Jeremy N. Friedman, Eyal Cohen
Sep 2022, 10 (4) E889-E899; DOI: 10.9778/cmajo.20210140
Variation in low-value radiograph use for children in the emergency department: a cross-sectional study of administrative databases
Gabrielle C. Freire, Christina Diong, Sima Gandhi, Natasha Saunders, Mark I. Neuman, Stephen B. Freedman, Jeremy N. Friedman, Eyal Cohen
Sep 2022, 10 (4) E889-E899; DOI: 10.9778/cmajo.20210140
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