Identification of adverse events in ground transport emergency medical services

American Journal of Medical Quality

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 139-146

  Patterson, P Daniel ^a   Weaver, Matthew D ^a   Abebe, Kaleab ^a   Martin Gill, Chris ^a   Roth, Ronald N ^a   Suyama, Joseph ^a   Guyette, Francis X ^a   Rittenberger, Jon C ^a   Krackhardt, David ^b   Arnold, Robert ^a   Yealy, Donald M ^a   Lave, Judith ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

adverse events; emergency medical services

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; DELPHI STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL ERROR; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

AMBULANCES; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL ERRORS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84858211038     PISSN: 10628606     EISSN: 1555824X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1062860611415515     Document Type: Article

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