Improving rapid response systems: Progress, issues, and future directions

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 512-519

  Øvretveit, John ^a,b   Suffoletto, Jo Anne ^c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; STANDARD; TIME;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FAMILY; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34547611717     PISSN: 15537250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1553-7250(07)33055-9     Document Type: Article

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