Effectiveness of emergency care practitioners working within existing emergency service models of care

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 239-243

  Mason, Suzanne ^a   O'Keeffe, Colin ^a   Coleman, Patricia ^a   Edlin, Richard ^a   Nicholl, Jon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JOB PERFORMANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESCUE PERSONNEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; EMERGENCY NURSING; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 34247258927     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2006.035782     Document Type: Article

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