Factors associated with prolongation of transport times of emergency pediatric patients requiring transfer to a tertiary care center

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 416-419

  Beddingfield III, Frederick C ^a   Garrison, Herbert G ^b   Manning, James E ^c   Lewis, Roger J ^a  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b East Carolina Medical Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA HOSPITALS   (United States)

Author keywords

interfacility transfer ground time; Transport times

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PEDIATRICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NORTH CAROLINA; PATIENT TRANSFER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS;

EID: 0030465231     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006565-199612000-00007     Document Type: Article

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