The impact of ambulance diversion on heart attack deaths

Inquiry

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 81-91

  Yankovic, Natalia ^a   Glied, Sherry ^b   Green, Linda V ^c   Grams, Morgan ^d  

^a IESE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

^b Mailman School of Public Health   (United States)

^c Johns Hopkins Medicine ^*  (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS; TIME;

AGE FACTORS; AMBULANCES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 85047684270     PISSN: 00469580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5034/inquiryjrnl_47.01.81     Document Type: Article

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