Would a prehospital practitioner model improve patient care in rural Australia?

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 199-203

  O'Meara, Peter ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPUTER SYSTEM; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL SERVICE; INJURY; MODEL; PARAMEDICAL DISCIPLINES; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RURAL AREA; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0037349847     PISSN: 13510622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.20.2.199     Document Type: Article

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