Characteristics of repeated ambulance use in an urban emergency medical service system

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 14-19

  Chi, C H ^a   Lee, H L ^a   Wang, S M ^a   Tsai, L M ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ambulance; Emergency medical service; Repeated use

Indexed keywords

AGE; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INJURY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; RURAL AREA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TAIWAN; TIME; URBAN AREA;

AMBULANCES; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TAIWAN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035099699     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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