Ambulance diversion reduction: The Sacramento solution

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 206-213

  Patel, Pankaj B ^a   Derlet, Robert W ^b   Vinson, David R ^a   Williams, Michael ^c   Wills, Jonathan ^c  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Abaris Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33144471898     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2005.09.005     Document Type: Article

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