Categorization, designation, and regionalization of emergency care: Definitions, a conceptual framework, and future challenges

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1306-1311

  Kocher, Keith E ^a   Sklar, David P ^b   Mehrotra, Abhishek ^c   Tayal, Vivek S ^d   Gausche Hill, Marianne ^e   Myles Riner, R ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY PATIENT; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONALIZATION;

ACCREDITATION; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

EID: 78649993943     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2010.00932.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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