Building the tower of babel: Cross-border urgent medical assistance in Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 235-244

  Post, G B ^a  

^a ITS Institute for Applied Social Sciences   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ambulance; barriers; Belgium; compensation; cross border issues; emergency medical services (EMS); Germany; Netherlands; regulations; Urgent Medical Assistance (UMA)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; GERMANY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NETHERLANDS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT;

BELGIUM; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; GERMANY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT CARE TEAM; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS;

EID: 16544388613     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00001837     Document Type: Article

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