Interhospital transfers of patients with surgical emergencies: Areas for improvement

Australian Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 290-294

  Wong, Kenneth ^a,b   Levy, Richard D ^a  

^a JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Unit 13   (Australia)

Author keywords

Emergency surgery; General surgery; Interhospital transfers

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PATIENT TRANSFER; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 28944432981     PISSN: 10385282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1584.2005.00719.x     Document Type: Article

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