Developing a community paramedic practitioner intermediate care support scheme for older people with minor conditions

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 196-198

  Mason, S ^a,b   Wardrope, J ^b,c   Perrin, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c YORKSHIRE AMBULANCE SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPETENCE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ELDERLY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FALLING; FIRST AID; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NURSE; PARAMEDICAL EDUCATION; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAFETY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0037349423     PISSN: 13510622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.20.2.196     Document Type: Review

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