Association between ambulance distance to hospitals and mortality from acute diseases in Japan: National database analysis

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Murata, Atsuhiko ^a   Matsuda, Shinya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute diseases; Ambulance distance; Database; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; JAPAN; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TIME; EPIDEMIOLOGY;

ACUTE DISEASE; AMBULANCES; BRAIN INFARCTION; CRITICAL CARE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; JAPAN; LINEAR MODELS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PNEUMONIA; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84883251047     PISSN: 10784659     EISSN: 15505022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0b013e31828b7150     Document Type: Article

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