New Zealand health professionals do not agree about what defines appropriate attendance at an emergency department

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 119, Issue 1232, 2006, Pages

  Richardson, Sandra ^a   Ardagh, Michael ^b   Hider, Philip ^b  

^a CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY NURSE PRACTITIONER; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EMERGENCY WARD; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MANAGER; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL FEE; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT TRANSPORT; RESCUE PERSONNEL; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY NURSING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATOR; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PERCEPTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33646004636     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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