Is the emergency (999) service being misused? retrospective analysis

BMJ

Volumn 316, Issue 7129, 1998, Pages 437-438

  Mann, Clifford ^a   Guly, Henry ^a  

^a DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

AMBULANCES; DATA COLLECTION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENGLAND; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HOTLINES; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 0032492089     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.316.7129.437     Document Type: Article

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