Emergency departments in the Netherlands

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 6-9

  Thijssen, Wendy A M H ^a,b   Giesen, Paul H J ^b   Wensing, Michel ^b  

^a CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b IQ Scientific Institute for Quality of Healthcare   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; NETHERLANDS; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; GENERAL PRACTICE; NETHERLANDS;

EID: 84455199807     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2011-200090     Document Type: Review

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