Emergency department patient characteristics: Potential impact on emergency medicine residency programs in the Netherlands

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 325-329

  Elshove Bolk, Jolande ^a,f   Mencl, Francis ^b   Van Rijswijck, Bas T F ^c   Weiss, Ilanit M ^d   Simons, Maarten P ^b   Van Vugt, Arie B ^e  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b ONZE LIEVE VROUWE GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^f NONE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Emergency medicine; Patient characteristics; Residency training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MEDICAL RECORD; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; TRAINING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT ADMISSION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RESUSCITATION; THORACOSTOMY; TRAUMA CENTERS;

EID: 33750838702     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mej.0000224422.90702.8d     Document Type: Article

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