Influence of ambulance arrival on emergency department time to be seen

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 440-446

  Richards, Michael E ^a,c   Hubble, Michael W ^b   Crandall, Cameron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulance; Emergency medical services; EMS; Survival analysis; Waiting time

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SURVIVAL; TIME; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; WAITING ROOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULANCES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS (U.S.); SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 33749012560     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120600725868     Document Type: Article

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