TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1984//
TI  - A regional poison control system. Effect on response to hypothetical poisonings
JO  - American journal of diseases of children (1960)
A1  - Marcus, S. M.
A1  - Chafee-Bahamon, C.
A1  - Arnold, V. W.
A1  - Lovejoy, F. H.
SP  - 1010
EP  - 1013
VL  - 138
IS  - 11
N2  - Poisoning of young children frequently results in parents seeking help. Parents either telephone for poison treatment information or go directly to a physician's office, hospital clinic, or emergency room. To determine if a regional poison control system reduces the inappropriate use of medical treatment services, parents attending suburban and inner-city clinics were presented hypothetical pediatric poisoning episodes and asked how they would respond. Parents living in a state serviced by a regional poison information center (Massachusetts) telephoned for information significantly more often and consequently used medical treatment services 19% less than did parents living in a state with only local poison information centers (New Jersey). In both states, inner-city populations went for care whereas suburban populations called. Both inner-city and suburban populations responded to a regional poison center but to a different extent. More severe ingestions tended to increase the use of the regional center by the Massachusetts suburban population, whereas other populations tended to use even more direct services.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0002-922X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -