The association of dispatch prioritization and patient acuity

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 24-29

  Garza, Alex G ^a,e   Gratton, Matthew C ^b,c   McElroy, James ^b   Lindholm, Daniel ^b   Glass, Ernest ^d  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Emergency Medical Services Section   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Metropolitan Ambulance Services Trust   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency dispatch; Emergency medical services; Prehospital

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 38149073176     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120701710579     Document Type: Article

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