National characteristics of emergency medical services responses in the United States

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 8-14

  Wang, Henry E ^a   Mann, N Clay ^b   Jacobson, Karen E ^b   Ms, Mengtao Dai ^b   Mears, Gregory ^c   Smyrski, Kathleen ^a   Yealy, Donald M ^d  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

allied health personnel; emergency medical services; health care utilization; health services

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870539346     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10903127.2012.722178     Document Type: Article

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