Use of emergency transport by patients with cardiopathies: A focus group study

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 407-413

  Bolívar Muñoz, Julia ^a   Daponte Codina, Antonio ^a   Pascual Martínez, Nuria ^b   Barranco Ruiz, Fernando ^b   Sánchez Cruz, José ^a   Martín Castro, Carmen ^c   Gil Piñero, Eladio ^c  

^a ANDALUSIAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SAN CECILIO   (Spain)

^c Empresa Pública de Emergencias Sanitarias Consejería de Salud   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Emergency medical services; Qualitative study; Spain; Transportation of patients; Unstable angina

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STRESS; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULANCES; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; SPAIN;

EID: 36549083509     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzm038     Document Type: Article

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