A time-motion study of the emergency medical services turnaround interval

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 241-246

  Cone, D C ^a   Davidson, S J ^a   Nguyen, Q ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME;

EID: 0031933678     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0644(98)70314-2     Document Type: Article

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