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Pediatric Urgent Care-New and Evolving Paradigms of Acute Care

Usha Sankrithi1, Jeffrey Schor2

  • 1Urgent Care Services, Division of Emergency Medicine, Seattle Children's Hospital, MB.7.520, 4800 Sand Point Way, Northeast, Seattle, WA 98105, USA.

Pediatric Clinics of North America
|November 18, 2018
PubMed

Insights

Pediatric urgent care offers a convenient, cost-effective healthcare option for children, complementing traditional pediatric services. This evolving model includes various settings and requires further research into its operational aspects and training.

Area of Science:

  • Healthcare delivery models
  • Pediatric medicine
  • Urgent care services

Background:

  • Parents increasingly seek timely, high-quality, convenient, and cost-effective pediatric care.
  • Pediatric urgent care has emerged as a growing delivery model.
  • It complements existing medical homes and pediatric emergency departments.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To describe the evolving landscape of pediatric urgent care.
  • To outline the various sectors and settings involved in pediatric urgent care.
  • To highlight operational considerations and training needs.

Main Methods:

  • Review of the pediatric urgent care delivery model.
  • Analysis of services offered across different sectors (nonprofit, for-profit).
  • Examination of diverse clinical settings (hospitals, satellite clinics, retail clinics, telemedicine).

Main Results:

  • Pediatric urgent care encompasses a wide range of service providers and settings.
  • The clinical scope and operational considerations are variable.
  • Existing training models are evolving.

Conclusions:

  • Pediatric urgent care is a significant and expanding component of child healthcare.
  • Further research is needed to address operational complexities and standardize training.
  • This model addresses parental demand for accessible and efficient pediatric services.

Keywords:
Acute careClinicsEmergency medicineMedical homePediatricsUrgent care

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