Interhospital and emergency transfers in New Zealand

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 125, Issue 1351, 2012, Pages 7-10

  Freebairn, Ross ^a  

^a HAWKE S BAY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; EMERGENCY TRANSFER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL CARE; INTERHOSPITAL TRANSFER; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; WORKLOAD;

AIR AMBULANCES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT TRANSFER;

EID: 84859041743     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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