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Parent perspectives and reasons for lower urgency paediatric presentations to emergency departments

The age band with, by far, the greatest number of ED presentations is children 0–4 years, with other paediatric age bands also among the highest. As the majority of these presentations are for lower urgency conditions, we sought to determine why parents seek ED care for their child for lower urgency conditions.

G. Freed | E. Turbitt | A. Allen | Caroline Nicolas | E. Oakley

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