Diagnostic variation for febrile children in European emergency departments.

Lorenzo ZanettoJosephine van de MaatDaan NieboerHenriette MollAlain GervaixLiviana Da DaltSantiago MintegiSilvia Bressan Rianne Oostenbrink

Published in: European journal of pediatrics (2022)

• The use of diagnostics for febrile children was highly variable across European EDs, yet patient and hospital characteristics could only partly explain inter-hospital variability. • Data on between-centre comparison offer opportunities to further explore factors influencing unwarranted variation.

Keyphrases

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