Factors associated with incidence of "inappropriate" ambulance transport in rural areas in cases of moderate to severe head injury in children

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 272-277

  Poltavski, Dmitri ^a   Muus, Kyle ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULANCE; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; RACE DIFFERENCE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULANCES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; NORTH DAKOTA; PEDIATRICS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SEASONS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; TRAUMA CENTERS;

EID: 27644548613     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2005.tb00095.x     Document Type: Article

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