Do emergency medical system response times matter for health outcomes?

Health Economics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 790-806

  Wilde, Elizabeth Ty ^a  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

EMS; mortality; response times

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; MORTALITY; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTAH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878827041     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.2851     Document Type: Article

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