Ambulance or taxi? High acuity prehospital transports in the Ashanti region of Ghana

African Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 8-13

  Nee Kofi Mould Millman, C ^a   Rominski, Sarah ^b   Oteng, Rockefeller ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency medical services; Ghana

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

EID: 84896725928     PISSN: 2211419X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.afjem.2013.04.004     Document Type: Article

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