Evaluating state capacity to collect and analyze emergency medical services data

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 14-20

  Ely, Michael ^a   Hyde, Lisa K ^a   Donaldson, Amy ^a   Furnival, Ron ^a   Mann, N Clay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication systems; Data collection; Data systems; Emergency medical services; Standards; States

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTHORITY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVALUATION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT; UNITED STATES;

DATA COLLECTION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATE GOVERNMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 31544435767     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120500366334     Document Type: Article

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