Barriers to accessing ambulance services in rural Victoria for acute asthma: Patients' and medical professionals' perspectives

Australian Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 116-120

  Morgans, Amee ^a,d   Archer, Frank ^a   Walker, Tony ^b   Thuma, Evelyn ^c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Metropolitan Ambulance Service   (Australia)

^c Division of General Practice   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute asthma; Emergency transport; Health services; Perception; Rural

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; AMBULANCES; ASTHMA; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; VICTORIA;

EID: 19044365523     PISSN: 10385282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1854.2005.00665.x     Document Type: Article

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