Understanding Low-Acuity Visits to the Pediatric Emergency Department

• Ken J. Farion ,

  * E-mail: farion@cheo.on.ca

  Affiliations Departments of Pediatrics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Emergency Department, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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• Megan Wright,

  Affiliation Emergency Department, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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• Roger Zemek,

  Affiliations Departments of Pediatrics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Emergency Department, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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• Gina Neto,

  Affiliations Departments of Pediatrics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Emergency Department, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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• Anna Karwowska,

  Affiliations Departments of Pediatrics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Emergency Department, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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• Sandra Tse,

  Affiliations Departments of Pediatrics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Emergency Department, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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• Sarah Reid,

  Affiliations Departments of Pediatrics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Emergency Department, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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• Mona Jabbour,

  Affiliations Departments of Pediatrics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Emergency Department, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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• Stephanie Poirier,

  Affiliation Emergency Department, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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• Katherine A. Moreau,

  Affiliations Departments of Pediatrics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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• Nicholas Barrowman

  Affiliations Departments of Pediatrics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Clincial Research Unit, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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