Emergency calls not requiring an urgent ambulance response: Expert consensus

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 384-391

  Woollard, Malcolm ^a,b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Lansdowne Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emergencies; Emergency medical services; Health care reform; Triage

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EXPERT SYSTEM; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0038499453     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120390936626     Document Type: Article

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