Does sex influence the allocation of life support level by dispatchers in acute chest pain?

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 922-927

  Gellerstedt, Martin ^a   Bång, Angela ^b   Andréasson, Emma ^a   Johansson, Anna ^a   Herlitz, Johan ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY WEST   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BORÅS   (Sweden)

^c SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ACUTE DISEASE; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN; THORAX PAIN; AGE; AMBULANCE; CHEST PAIN; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AMBULANCES; CHEST PAIN; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DECISION MAKING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEX FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 77957351203     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2009.05.009     Document Type: Article

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