Linkage of ambulance service and Accident and Emergency Department data: A study of assault patients in the west midlands region of the UK

Injury

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 738-744

  Downing, Amy ^a   Wilson, Richard ^b   Cooke, Matthew ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b South Birmingham Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ambulance; Assault; Data linkage; Emergency Department

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADULT; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; COMA; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FACE INJURY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NECK INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AMBULANCES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT TRANSFER; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; VIOLENCE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 19544375802     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2004.12.045     Document Type: Article

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