Use of emergency departments by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 68-76

  Thomas, David P ^a   Anderson, Ian P S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; Emergency medical service; Health services research; Indigenous; Quality of health care

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; AUSTRALIA; DATA BASE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL STAFF; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REVIEW;

AUSTRALIA; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TRIAGE;

EID: 33645066628     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2006.00804.x     Document Type: Review

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