National study of ambulance transports to united states emergency departments: Importance of mental health problems

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 82-90

  Larkin, Gregory Luke ^a   Claassen, Cynthia A ^b   Pelletier, Andrea J ^c   Camargo Jr , Carlos A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

ambulance transports; emergency department visits; epidemiology; mental health; National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS)

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT TRANSPORT; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULANCES; CALIFORNIA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746085263     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X0000340X     Document Type: Article

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