ArticleJournal of child health care : for professionals working with children in the hospital and community2026
Parental decision-making for non-urgent emergency department presentations in Victoria, Australia.
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- Exploration of the relationships between health literacy and experience of care integration in parents of children with special healthcare needs: a cross-sectional study.BMC health services research · 2026Article
- Beyond clinical urgency: parental awareness, educational level, and non-urgent pediatric emergency department utilization.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Article
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Abstract
Non-urgent paediatric Emergency Department presentations contribute to overcrowding, poor patient health outcomes, and burden acute healthcare services. A study was conducted to explore motivations and factors that influence decision-making processes of parents who presented their child to ED for non-urgent conditions. An exploratory study using a qualitative descriptive design was undertaken to address research aims. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with a purposive sample of eight parents who presented their child (birth to 14 years of age), to ED for non-urgent conditions. Parental decision-making regarding ED presentations were influenced by a constellation of factors; however, three main themes emerged. These included
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