Pre-hospital care in Valparaiso - An integrated emergency network within the San Antonio Regional Health Service in Chile [3]

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 87-91

  Fuentes, R G ^a,b   Espejo, F E ^a   Avila, J P ^a   Verdessl, D B ^a   Gonzalez, J C ^a   Azevedo, A C ^a  

^a Servicio de Salud Valparaiso   (Chile)

^b NONE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Advanced trauma life support; Pre hospital emergency care; Process design; Quality management

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; CHILE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; LETTER; LONG TERM CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHILE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL;

EID: 0032942426     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2753.1999.00148.x     Document Type: Letter

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