Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine
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Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med · Dec 2012
Clinical TrialAsk Suicide-Screening Questions (ASQ): a brief instrument for the pediatric emergency department.
To develop a brief screening instrument to assess the risk for suicide in pediatric emergency department patients. ⋯ A 4-question screening instrument, the Ask Suicide-Screening Questions (ASQ), with high sensitivity and negative predictive value, can identify the risk for suicide in patients presenting to pediatric emergency departments.
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Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med · Dec 2012
Prioritization of comparative effectiveness research topics in hospital pediatrics.
To use information about prevalence, cost, and variation in resource utilization to prioritize comparative effectiveness research topics in hospital pediatrics. ⋯ Detailed administrative and billing data can be used to standardize hospital costs and identify high-priority conditions for comparative effectiveness research--those that are high cost, are high prevalence, and demonstrate high variation in resource utilization.