The relationship between distance to hospital and patient mortality in emergencies: An observational study

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 665-668

  Nicholl, Jon ^a   West, James ^a   Goodacre, Steve ^a   Turner, Janette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; BLEEDING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; GENDER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INJURY; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; THORAX PAIN; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACUTE DISEASE; AMBULANCES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34548358823     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2007.047654     Document Type: Article

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