Ambulance Use Is associated with higher self-rated illness seriousness: User attitudes and perceptions

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 576-583

  Toloo, Ghasem ^a   Fitzgerald, Gerry J ^a   Aitken, Peter J ^b   Ting, Joseph Y S ^c   McKenzie, Kirsten ^a   Rego, Joanna ^a   Enraght Moony, Emma ^d  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CareFlight Group Queensland CareFlight Medical Services   (Australia)

^d Queensland Government Department of Emergency Services   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FINANCIAL DEFICIT; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SELF CONCEPT;

ADULT; AMBULANCES; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; QUEENSLAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF REPORT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 84879007525     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acem.12149     Document Type: Article

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