Ambulatory Pediatrics
Volume 8, Issue 4 , Pages 219-240.e17 , July 2008

Annual Report on Health Care for Children and Youth in the United States: Focus on Injury-Related Emergency Department Utilization and Expenditures

Received 7 September 2007 ,Accepted 20 March 2008.

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 The views expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality or the US Department of Health and Human Services.

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