Reaching emergency medical services providers: Is one survey mode better than another

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 361-369

  Schmuhl, Patricia ^a,c   Van Duker, Heather ^a   Gurley, Kristin Lauria ^b   Webster, Angie ^a   Olson, Lenora M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UTAH DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Data collection; Emergency medical technicians; EMS research; Survey methods; Surveys

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PRODUCTIVITY; RESCUE PERSONNEL;

EFFICIENCY; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS;

EID: 77952963729     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10903121003760184     Document Type: Article

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