Mobile Integrated Health Care and Community Paramedicine: An Emerging Emergency Medical Services Concept

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 361-366

  Choi, Bryan Y ^a   Blumberg, Charles ^a   Williams, Kenneth ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMMUNITY PARAMEDICINE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISTORY; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MEDLINE; MOBILE INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL HEALTH CARE; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MANPOWER; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; MOBILE HEALTH UNITS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84959524776     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2015.06.005     Document Type: Article

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