Interhospital transfers: Decision-making in critical care areas

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 618-622

  Lee, Anna ^a   Lum, Martin E ^a,b   Beehan, Sean J ^a,b   Hillman, Ken M ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

critical care; decision making; emergency medical services; health education; health planning guidelines; healthcare team; hospitals; patient transfer; standards; transportation of patients

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL SERVICE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CRITICAL CARE; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; NEW SOUTH WALES; PATIENT TRANSFER; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0029971751     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-199604000-00012     Document Type: Article

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