Creating an infrastructure for comparative effectiveness research in emergency medical services

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 599-607

  Seymour, Christopher W ^a   Kahn, Jeremy M ^a   Martin Gill, Christian ^a   Callaway, Clifton W ^a   Angus, Derek C ^a   Yealy, Donald M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIHOSPITAL SYSTEM; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX PAIN; UNITED STATES;

COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PENNSYLVANIA; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84901058003     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acem.12370     Document Type: Article

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