A validation of ground ambulance pre-hospital times modeled using geographic information systems

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 11, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Patel, Alka B ^a   Waters, Nigel M ^a,b   Blanchard, Ian E ^a,c   Doig, Christopher J ^a,d   Ghali, William A ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ALBERTA HEALTH SERVICES   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Emergency medical services; Geographic Information Systems; Pre hospital time; Validation

Indexed keywords

GIS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; HOSPITAL SECTOR; MODEL VALIDATION; TRAVEL TIME;

ALBERTA; CALGARY; CANADA;

AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CANADA; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY; TIME; VALIDATION STUDY;

ALBERTA; AMBULANCES; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84866868853     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-11-42     Document Type: Article

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