Effects of an emergency medical servicesbased resource access program on frequent users of health services

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 541-547

  Tadros, Anthony S ^a   Castillo, Edward M ^b   Chan, Theodore C ^b   Jensen, Anne Marie ^d   Patel, Ekta ^c   Watts, Kerin ^d   Dunford, James V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Emergency Medical Services   (United States)

^d San Diego Fire Rescue Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Case management; Emergency medical services; Health resources

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PILOT STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; CALIFORNIA; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 84865755093     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10903127.2012.689927     Document Type: Article

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