Access to Emergency Care in the United States

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 261-269

  Carr, Brendan G ^a   Branas, Charles C ^a   Metlay, Joshua P ^a,b   Sullivan, Ashley F ^c   Camargo Jr , Carlos A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PATIENT TRANSPORT; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SEPSIS; STROKE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; TIME FACTORS; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67650451350     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.11.016     Document Type: Article

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