Assessing emergency medical care in low income countries: A pilot study from Pakistan

BMC Emergency Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Razzak, Junaid A ^a   Hyder, Adnan A ^b   Akhtar, Tasleem ^c   Khan, Mubashir ^d   Khan, Uzma R ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Fatima Memorial Medical College   (Pakistan)

^d Pakistan Medical Research Council   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; INFUSION FLUID; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; OXYGEN; OXYTOCIN; SALBUTAMOL; TETANUS TOXOID; VENOM ANTISERUM;

AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CANNULATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDICAL CARE; PAKISTAN; PILOT STUDY; PREVALENCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA; VEIN CATHETERIZATION; CONSUMER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD;

CONSUMER SATISFACTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN;

EID: 47949113105     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471227X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-227X-8-8     Document Type: Article

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