Inter-facility patient transfers in Ontario: Do you know what your local ambulance is being used for?

Healthcare Policy

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Robinson, Victoria ^a   Goel, Vivek ^b,c   Macdonald, Russell D ^a   Manuel, Doug ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; LABORATORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SERVICE; NEWBORN; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PREGNANT WOMAN;

EID: 67650553310     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17156572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12927/hcpol.2009.20478     Document Type: Article

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