Simulating changes to emergency care resources to compare system effectiveness

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 66, Issue 8 SUPPL.8, 2013, Pages

  Branas, Charles C ^a   Wolff, Catherine S ^a   Williams, Justin ^b   Margolis, Gregg ^c   Carr, Brendan G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to care; Geography; Health policy; Health system optimization; Location science; Trauma center; Wound and injuries

Indexed keywords

AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; AIRPORT; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; INTENSIVE CARE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SIMULATION; UNITED STATES;

ACCESS TO CARE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SYSTEM OPTIMIZATION; LOCATION SCIENCE; TRAUMA CENTER; WOUND AND INJURIES;

ALGORITHMS; AMBULANCES; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TRAUMA CENTERS; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84880209443     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2013.03.021     Document Type: Article

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