Patients' perception of the ambulance services at Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 631-635

  Anisah, A ^a   Chew, Keng Sheng ^b   Mohd Shaharuddin Shah, C H ^b   Nik Hisamuddin, N A R ^b  

^a HOSPITAL KUALA LUMPUR   (Malaysia)

^b SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Ambulance services; Emergency medicine; Prehospital care; Public perception

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MALAYSIA; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULANCES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUBLIC OPINION;

EID: 51349096903     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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