Defining the Future of Emergency Care

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 135-137

  Kellermann, Arthur L ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISASTER; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FUNDING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAUMATOLOGY;

EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE (U.S.); UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745952949     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2006.06.002     Document Type: Editorial

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