Interfacility transfers in a non-trauma system setting: An assessment of the Greek reality

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Katsaragakis, Stylianos ^a   Drimousis, Panagiotis G ^a   Kleidi, Eleftheria S ^a   Toutouzas, Kostas ^a   Lapidakis, Eleftherios ^b   Papadakis, Georgios ^b   Daskalakis, Kritolaos ^c   Larentzakis, Andreas ^a   Theodoraki, Maria E ^a   Theodorou, Dimitrios ^a  

^a HIPPOKRATION HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b KAT HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c General Hospital of Rethymno   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GREECE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT TRANSFER; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRIAGE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955293542     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17577241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1757-7241-18-14     Document Type: Article

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