Surrogate markers of transport distance for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 266-272

  Cudnik, Michael T ^a   Yao, Jing ^b   Zive, Dana ^c   Newgard, Craig ^c   Murray, Alan T ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Census blocks; Emergency medical services; Geographic information systems; Surrogate markers; Transport distance

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULANCES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY CONTROL; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857862997     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10903127.2011.615009     Document Type: Article

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