Derivation of emergency medical services dispatch codes associated with low-acuity patients

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 434-439

  Shah, Manish N ^a   Bishop, Paul ^b,c   Lerner, E Brooke ^a   Czapranski, Tim ^b   Davis, Eric A ^a  

^a Department of Emergency Medicine ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^c MONROE COMMUNITY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulance dispatch; Emergency medical services; Emergency medicine; Prehospital care; Triage

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CODING; DATA ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FUTUROLOGY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL CARE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0142031023     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/312703002132     Document Type: Article

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