The effectiveness of emergency nurse practitioner service in the management of patients presenting to rural hospitals with chest pain: A multisite prospective longitudinal nested cohort study

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Roche, Tina E ^a,b   Gardner, Glenn ^a,b   Jack, Leanne ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b Stanthorpe Veterinary Care Services   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adherence to guidelines; Chest pain; Cohort; Emergency treatment; Nested cohort; Nurse practitioner; Patient satisfaction; Quality of care; Quality of life; Rural health services

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSE PRACTITIONER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUEENSLAND; THORAX PAIN; VERY ELDERLY;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CHEST PAIN; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 85021256804     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-017-2395-9     Document Type: Review

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