The need for a usable assessment tool to analyse the efficacy of emergency care systems in developing countries: Proposal to use the TEWS methodology

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 882-886

  Sun, Jared H ^a   Twomey, Michele ^b   Tran, Jeffrey ^c   Wallis, Lee A ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; TRIAGE EARLY WARNING SCORE;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; TRIAGE;

EID: 84868148182     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2011-200619     Document Type: Article

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