The impact of an emergency telephone consultation service on the use of ambulances in Tokyo

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 64-70

  Morimura, Naoto ^a   Aruga, Tohru ^b   Sakamoto, Tetsuya ^a   Aoki, Noriaki ^c   Ohta, Sachiko ^c   Ishihara, Toru ^d   Kushimoto, Shigeki ^e   Ohta, Shoichi ^f   Ishikawa, Hideki ^g  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SHOWA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c Outcomes Research and Development Japan CHORD J   (Japan)

^d Shirahigebash Hospital   (Japan)

^e NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^f TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g Eijyu General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELECONSULTATION;

AMBULANCES; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; REMOTE CONSULTATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; TELEPHONE; TIME FACTORS; TOKYO;

EID: 78751561522     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2009.073494     Document Type: Article

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