Physician extenders in the emergency department

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 314-315

  Hedges, J R ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; EXPERIENCE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PARAMEDICAL EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS;

EID: 18744363698     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2004.022996     Document Type: Editorial

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