Association between ambulance diversion and survival among patients with acute myocardial infarction

JAMA

Volumn 305, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 2440-2447

  Shen, Yu Chu ^a,b   Hsia, Renee Y ^c  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; AMBULANCE DIVERSION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

EID: 79958721201     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2011.811     Document Type: Article

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