Customer Satisfaction in a Large Urban Fire Department Emergency Medical Services System

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 106-110

  Persse, David E ^a,c,d,e   Jarvis, Jeffrey L ^b   Corpening, Jerry ^a   Harris, Bobbie ^a  

^a Emergency Medical Services   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency medical services; Satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FIRE PROTECTION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TELEPHONE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0346096923     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2003.07.020     Document Type: Article

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