Changes in the emergency workload of the London ambulance service between 1989 and 1999

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 56-59

  Peacock, P J ^a   Peacock, Janet L ^a,b   Victor, C R ^a   Chazot, C ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TELEPHONE; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKLOAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULANCES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; URBAN POPULATION; WORKLOAD;

EID: 12344258954     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2004.016741     Document Type: Article

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