Research priorities for data collection and management within global acute and emergency care systems

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1246-1250

  Reynolds, Teri A ^a,b   Bisanzo, Mark ^c   Dworkis, Daniel ^d   Hansoti, Bhakti ^f   Obermeyer, Ziad ^d,e   Seidenberg, Phil ^g,h   Hauswald, Mark ^g   Mowafi, Hani ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MUHIMBILI NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Tanzania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Zambia)

ⁱ YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSURANCE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH PRIORITY; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

DATA COLLECTION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; RESEARCH; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84890814100     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acem.12261     Document Type: Article

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