Privatization and emergency medical services

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 22-29

  Reissman, Stephan G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

accountability; efficiency; emergency medical services; equity; health care; private ambulance providers; privatization; reinventing government

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

CONTRACT SERVICES; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; PRIVATIZATION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 0030625497     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00037171     Document Type: Review

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