Transfer travel times for primary percutaneous coronary intervention from low-volume and non-percutaneous coronary intervention-capable hospitals to high-volume centers in florida

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 257-266

  Pathak, Elizabeth Barnett ^a   Forsyth, Colin J ^a,b   Anic, Gabriella ^a   Tanner, Jean Paul ^a   Comins, Meg M ^b   Strom, Joel A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH CENTER; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES;

ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; CARDIAC CARE FACILITIES; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FLORIDA; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT TRANSFER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80054932751     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2011.02.022     Document Type: Article

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