ParaMED Home: A protocol for a randomised controlled trial of paramedic assessment and referral to access medical care at home

BMC Emergency Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Arendts, Glenn ^a,b   Sim, Moira ^c   Johnston, Steven ^c   Brightwell, Richard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CROWDING; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HOME; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARAMEDICAL DISCIPLINES; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATIENT REFERRAL; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HOME CARE; METHODOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESCUE PERSONNEL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RESEARCH DESIGN; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 79958026747     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471227X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-227X-11-7     Document Type: Article

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