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| Michelle L MacySummaryAffiliation: University of Michigan Country: USA Publications
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Availability of child passenger safety resources to emergency physicians practicing in emergency departments within pediatric, adult, and nontrauma centers: a national surveyMichelle L Macy
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109 5456, USA
Pediatr Emerg Care 29:324-30. 2013..This study sought to determine emergency physician awareness of and referral patterns to child passenger safety resources and to compare awareness and referrals by practice setting...
Child passenger restraints in relation to other second-row passengers: an analysis of the 2007-2009 National Survey of the Use of Booster SeatsMichelle L Macy
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 5456, USA
Traffic Inj Prev 14:209-14. 2013..This study provides the first assessment of the seating positions occupied by child passengers and the relationship between CRS and other second-row passengers in a national sample of vehicles transporting children...
Driver report of improper seat belt position among 4- to 9-year-old childrenMichelle L Macy
Department of Emergency Medicine, Child Health Evaluation and Research CHEAR Unit, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 5456, USA
Acad Pediatr 11:487-92. 2011..To determine the frequency with which drivers report improper seat belt positions among children 4-9 years of age and the frequency with which reported problems were attributable to the lap belt, shoulder belt, or both...
Child passenger safety practices in the U.S.: disparities in light of updated recommendationsMichelle L Macy
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 5456, USA
Am J Prev Med 43:272-81. 2012..Racial and ethnic disparities have been reported in injury statistics and use of any restraint; however, predictors of safety seat use, being unrestrained, and sitting in the front seat have not been explored previously...
Pediatric observation status: are we overlooking a growing population in children's hospitals?Michelle L Macy
Department of Emergency Medicine and the Child Health Evaluation and Research CHEAR Unit, Division of General Pediatrics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
J Hosp Med 7:530-6. 2012..Inpatient administrative datasets often exclude observation stays, as observation is considered to be outpatient care. The extent to which this status is applied to pediatric hospitalizations is not known...
Emergency physician perspectives on child passenger safety: a national survey of attitudes and practicesMichelle L Macy
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
Acad Pediatr 12:131-7. 2012..To understand attitudes and self-reported practices of pediatric and general emergency physicians regarding child passenger safety...
Differences in designations of observation care in US freestanding children's hospitals: are they virtual or real?Michelle L Macy
Department of Emergency Medicine and the Child Health Evaluation and Research Unit, Division of General Pediatrics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 5456, USA
J Hosp Med 7:287-93. 2012..To characterize practices related to observation care and to examine the current models of pediatric observation medicine in US children's hospitals...
Carpooling and booster seats: a national survey of parentsMichelle L Macy
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Pediatrics 129:290-8. 2012..Booster seat use among school-aged children has been consistently lower than national goals. In this study, we sought to explore associations between parental experiences with booster seats and carpooling...
Parental health literacy and asthma education delivery during a visit to a community-based pediatric emergency department: a pilot studyMichelle L Macy
Child Health Evaluation and Research CHEAR Unit, Division of General Pediatrics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109 5456, USA
Pediatr Emerg Care 27:469-74. 2011..The objective of the study was to compare change in asthma knowledge among parents with low or adequate health literacy after video or written asthma education delivered during their child's asthma-related emergency department (ED) visit...
High turnover stays for pediatric asthma in the United States: analysis of the 2006 Kids' Inpatient DatabaseMichelle L Macy
Division of General Pediatrics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
Med Care 48:827-33. 2010..Pediatric observation units provide an alternative to traditional hospitalization. The extent to which observation units could replace inpatient care for asthmatic children is unknown...
Pediatric observation units in the United States: a systematic reviewMichelle L Macy
Division of General Pediatrics, Child Health Evaluation and Research Unit, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 5456, USA
J Hosp Med 5:172-82. 2010..As more efficient and value-based care models are sought for the US healthcare system, geographically distinct observation units (OUs) may become an integral part of hospital-based care for children...
Trends in high-turnover stays among children hospitalized in the United States, 1993-2003Michelle L Macy
University of Michigan, Division of General Pediatrics, 300 N Ingalls, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 5456, USA
Pediatrics 123:996-1002. 2009..The goal of this study was to characterize recent national trends in brief inpatient stays for children in the United States...
Potentially inappropriate medication utilization in the emergency department visits by older adults: analysis from a nationally representative sampleWilliam J Meurer
Department of Emergency Medicine, The University of Michigan Medical School, and the Center for Statistical Consultation and Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Acad Emerg Med 17:231-7. 2010..The objectives were to determine the frequency of administration of potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) to older emergency department (ED) patients and to examine recent trends in the rates of PIM usage...
Empirical hospital and professional charges for patient care associated with out of hospital cardiac arrest before and after implementation of therapeutic hypothermia for comatose survivorsMichael J Paulsen
University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
Resuscitation 83:1265-70. 2012..The objectives of this study are to characterize the total hospital and professional charges for patients with out of hospital cardiac arrest both with and without therapeutic hypothermia treatment...
