Patient and physician perspectives on ambulance utilization

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 176-181

  Jacob, Sharon L ^a,b   Jacoby, Jeanne ^a   Heller, Michael ^a   Stoltzfus, Jill ^a  

^a ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Emergency Medicine Residency   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulance; Emergency department; Resource use; Transport

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULANCES; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENTS; PENNSYLVANIA; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 41649093327     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120701710058     Document Type: Article

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