Emergency medical care in developing countries: Is it worthwhile?

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 80, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 900-905

  Razzak, Junaid A ^a,b   Kellermann, Arthur L ^c,d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost of illness; Delivery of health care; Developing countries; Emergency medical services organization and administration; Evidence based medicine; Health care surveys; Health services accessibility; Primary health care; Transportation of patients; Triage

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; PUBLIC HEALTH;

COMMUNITY CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT TRANSPORT; POPULATION; REVIEW;

COST OF ILLNESS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; GUIDELINES; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0036439998     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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