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Ability of the Medical Priority Dispatch System Protocol to Predict the Acuity of “Unknown Problem” Dispatch Response Levels

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Pages 290-296 | Received 11 Jul 2007, Accepted 17 Nov 2007, Published online: 02 Jul 2009

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