Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 53, Issue 6 , Pages 762-766, June 2009

Parental Preferences for Boarding Locations When a Children's Hospital Exceeds Capacity

  • Bridgette D. Guthrie, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Bridgette D. Guthrie, MD, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Children's Memorial Hospital, 2300 Children's Plaza, Box 62, Chicago, IL 60614; 773-880-8245, Fax 773-880-8267
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  • William D. King, DrPH MPH, RPh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL
    • ,
  • Kathy W. Monroe, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL

Received 21 August 2008; received in revised form 13 October 2008 and 11 November 2008; accepted 1 December 2008. published online 02 February 2009.

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 Supervising editor: Kathy N. Shaw, MD, MSCE

 Author contributions: BDG and KWM conceived the study, undertook recruitment of patients, and managed the data, including quality control. WDK provided statistical advice on study design and analyzed the data. BDG drafted the article, and all authors contributed substantially to its revision. BDG takes responsibility for the paper as a whole.

 Funding and support: By Annals policy, all authors are required to disclose any and all commercial, financial, and other relationships in any way related to the subject of this article that might create any potential conflict of interest. The authors have stated that no such relationships exist. See the Manuscript Submission Agreement in this issue for examples of specific conflicts covered by this statement.

 Publication date: Available online January 29, 2009.

PII: S0196-0644(08)02065-9

doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.12.003

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 53, Issue 6 , Pages 762-766, June 2009

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