Estimating out-of-hospital mortality due to myocardial infarction

Health Care Management Science

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 147-154

  O'Neill, Liam ^a  

^a 105 MVR Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Geographic information systems; Myocardial infarction; Out of hospital mortality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DATA BASE; EMERGENCY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MORTALITY; OUTPATIENT; PREDICTION; TRAVEL; VALIDATION PROCESS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT ADMISSION; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS;

EID: 0642335543     PISSN: 13869620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024463418429     Document Type: Article

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