Assessment of the status of prehospital care in 13 low-and middle-income countries

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 381-389

  Nielsen, Katie ^a   Mock, Charles ^a   Joshipura, Manjul ^b   Rubiano, Andres M ^c   Zakariah, Ahmed ^d   Rivara, Frederick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Academy of Traumatology India   (India)

^c Neiva University Hospital   (Colombia)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Developing country; Emergency; Emergency medical services; Global; Injury; Low income country; Low or middle income country; Middle income country; Prehospital care; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARD;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS;

EID: 84861519353     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10903127.2012.664245     Document Type: Article

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