Emergency medicine: Are we the systems specialists?

Emergency Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-3

  Cameron, Peter A ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL PLANNING; INJURY SCALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TRAINING; TRAUMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AUSTRALIA; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; TRIAGE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037296788     PISSN: 10356851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2026.2003.00399.x     Document Type: Note

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