Interhospital patient transfer: A quality improvement indicator for prehospital triage in mass casualties

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 341-344

  Leibovici, Dan ^a   Gofrit, Ofer N ^a   Heruti, Raphael J ^a   Shapira, Shmuel C ^b,d   Shemer, Joshua ^a,c   Stein, Michael ^a,c  

^a IDF ^*

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Improvement; Interhospital; Quality; Transfer; Triage

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISASTER; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERHOSPITAL COOPERATION; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEWBORN; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 0030740214     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-6757(97)90120-0     Document Type: Article

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