Determining geographic areas and populations with timely access to cardiac catheterization facilities for acute myocardial infarction care in Alberta, Canada

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 6, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Patel, Alka B ^a   Waters, Nigel M ^b   Ghali, William A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CANADA; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; PATIENT TRANSPORT; RESIDENTIAL CARE; STATISTICS; TIME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ALBERTA; AMBULANCES; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS;

EID: 37749018195     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-6-47     Document Type: Article

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