Making recording and analysis of chief complaint a priority for global emergency care research in low-income countries

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1241-1245

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

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

^f UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Zambia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h Muhimbili Hospital   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHIEF COMPLAINT; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HIGH INCOME COUNTRY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; POVERTY; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84890825642     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acem.12262     Document Type: Article

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