Abstract
Treatment of children at freestanding urgent care facilities has become common in pediatric health care. Well-managed freestanding urgent care facilities can improve the health of the children in their communities, integrate into the medical community, and provide a safe, effective adjunct to, but not a replacement for, the medical home or emergency department. Recommendations are provided for optimizing freestanding urgent care facilities' quality, communication, and collaboration in caring for children.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 950-953 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Pediatrics |
| Volume | 133 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - May 2014 |
Keywords
- Emergency care
- Health services
- Medical home
- Pediatrics
- Urgent care
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health