Social care's impact on emergency medicine: A model to test

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 134-137

  Bywaters, P ^a   Mclead, E ^b  

^a Faculty of Engineering and Computing   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL STAFF; MODEL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL WORK; SOCIAL WORKER; SOCIETY; SOCIOLOGY; TIME MANAGEMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0037349649     PISSN: 13510622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.20.2.134     Document Type: Review

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