Accuracy of EMS-recorded patient demographic data

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 187-191

  Brice, Jane H ^a   Friend, Kevin D ^b   Delbridge, Theodore R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Demographic data; Emergency medical services

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX PAIN;

DATA COLLECTION; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORDS; PENNSYLVANIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 41649101049     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120801907687     Document Type: Article

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