Measuring emergency care systems: The path forward

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 267-269

  Hsia, Renee Y ^a   Carr, Brendan G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

EID: 80054948506     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2011.03.048     Document Type: Editorial

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