Predictors of demand for emergency prehospital care: An Australian study

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 60-66

  Clark, Michele J ^a   Purdie, Jennifer ^a   Fitzgerald, Gerry J ^a   Bischoff, Noelene G ^a   O'Rourke, Peter K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

ambulance services; emergency care; health services utilisation; predictors of demand; prehospital care; triage

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904351323     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00027540     Document Type: Article

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