A comparison of rural and urban emergency medical system (EMS) personnel: A texas study

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 159-165

  Chng, Chwee Lye ^a   Collins, John ^a   Eaddy, Starr ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

certification; education; emergency medical services; experience; gender; marital status; paramedic; personnel; profiles; recruitment; retention; Texas; urban

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; RESCUE PERSONNEL; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEXAS;

EID: 0035411620     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00025917     Document Type: Article

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