Probabilistic Linkage of Prehospital and Outcomes Data in Out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrest

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 358-364

  Mumma, Bryn E ^a   Diercks, Deborah B ^a   Danielsen, Beate ^b   Holmes, James F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Health Information Solutions   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiac arrest; emergency medical services; medical record linkage

Indexed keywords

AGED; CALIFORNIA; CLINICAL AUDIT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALIFORNIA; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84932081260     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10903127.2014.980474     Document Type: Article

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