Tort Claims and Adverse Events in Emergency Medical Services

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 256-262

  Wang, Henry E ^a   Fairbanks, Rollin J ^b   Shah, Manish N ^b   Abo, Benjamin N ^a   Yealy, Donald M ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGED; COMPENSATION AND REDRESS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE, LIABILITY; LIABILITY, LEGAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 49549098392     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.02.011     Document Type: Article

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