Do clinical pathways enhance access to evidence-based acute myocardial infarction treatment in rural emergency departments?

Australian Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 59-66

  Kinsman, Leigh D ^a   Rotter, Thomas ^c   Willis, Jon ^b   Snow, Pamela C ^a   Buykx, Penny ^a   Humphreys, John S ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clinical pathways; Emergency treatment; Myocardial infarction; Rural health services; Thrombolytic therapy

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PATHWAY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARD; TIME;

CRITICAL PATHWAYS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TIME FACTORS; VICTORIA;

EID: 84858756346     PISSN: 10385282     EISSN: 14401584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1584.2012.01262.x     Document Type: Article

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