Identifying the need for pre-hospital and emergency care in the developing world: A case study in Chennai, India

Journal of Association of Physicians of India

Volumn 55, Issue JULY, 2007, Pages 491-495

  Ramanujam, P ^a   Aschkenasy, Miriam ^a  

^a San Diego   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INJURY; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 34347388648     PISSN: 00045772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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