Dedicated Pediatricians in Emergency Department: Shorter Waiting Times and Lower Costs

• Manuel Rocha Melo ,

  * E-mail: manuel.melo@hsjoao.min-saude.pt

  Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Integrated Pediatric Hospital, Centro Hospitalar de S. João, Porto, Portugal, Institute of Public Health, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

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• Manuel Ferreira-Magalhães,

  Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Integrated Pediatric Hospital, Centro Hospitalar de S. João, Porto, Portugal, Center for Health Technologies and Information Systems Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

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• Filipa Flor-Lima,

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Integrated Pediatric Hospital, Centro Hospitalar de S. João, Porto, Portugal

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• Mariana Rodrigues,

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Integrated Pediatric Hospital, Centro Hospitalar de S. João, Porto, Portugal

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• Milton Severo,

  Affiliations Institute of Public Health, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Predictive Medicine and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

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• Luis Almeida-Santos,

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Integrated Pediatric Hospital, Centro Hospitalar de S. João, Porto, Portugal

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• Alberto Caldas-Afonso,

  Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Integrated Pediatric Hospital, Centro Hospitalar de S. João, Porto, Portugal, Institute of Public Health, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

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• Pedro Pita Barros,

  Affiliations Lisbon Nova University, Lisboa, Portugal, Centre for Economic Policy Research, London, United Kingdom

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• António Ferreira

  Affiliation Centro Hospitalar de S. João, Porto, Portugal

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