The effect of a quality improvement feedback loop on paramedic-initiated nontransport of elderly patients

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 31-35

  Persse, David E ^a   Key, Craig B ^a   Baldwin, J Benjamin ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulance; Elderly; Feedback; Nontransport; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0036139624     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120290938742     Document Type: Article

References (13)

1. Efficacy of an EMS quality improvement program in improving documentation and performance
2. Monitoring EMS protocol deviations: A useful quality assurance tool
3. Older people's use of ambulance services: A population based analysis
4. Emergency medical transport of the elderly: A population-based study
5. Use of emergency departments by elderly patients: Projections from a multi center database
6. Geriatric patient emergency visits. Part I: Comparison of visits by geriatric and younger patients
7. The ten-year malpractice experience of a large urban EMS system
8. Follow-up and outcome of patients who decline or are denied transport by EMS
9. The outcome of patients refusing prehospital transportation
10. Outcome of patients who refused out-of-hospital medical assistance
11. Patients who initially refuse prehospital evaluation and/or therapy
12. Impact of interventions for patients refusing emergency medical services transport