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Education and Practice

The North Carolina EMS Data System: A Comprehensive Integrated Emergency Medical Services Quality Improvement Program

Greg D. Mears Department of Emergency Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (GDM, SWG, JHB, LTG, JGC, CBC), and the North Carolina Office of Emergency Medical Services (GDM, DP), Raleigh, North Carolina.Correspondence[email protected]
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Drexdal Pratt Department of Emergency Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (GDM, SWG, JHB, LTG, JGC, CBC), and the North Carolina Office of Emergency Medical Services (GDM, DP), Raleigh, North Carolina.
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Seth W. Glickman Department of Emergency Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (GDM, SWG, JHB, LTG, JGC, CBC), and the North Carolina Office of Emergency Medical Services (GDM, DP), Raleigh, North Carolina.
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Jane H. Brice Department of Emergency Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (GDM, SWG, JHB, LTG, JGC, CBC), and the North Carolina Office of Emergency Medical Services (GDM, DP), Raleigh, North Carolina.
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Lawrence T. Glickman Department of Emergency Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (GDM, SWG, JHB, LTG, JGC, CBC), and the North Carolina Office of Emergency Medical Services (GDM, DP), Raleigh, North Carolina.
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Jose G. Cabañas Department of Emergency Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (GDM, SWG, JHB, LTG, JGC, CBC), and the North Carolina Office of Emergency Medical Services (GDM, DP), Raleigh, North Carolina.
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Charles B. Cairns Department of Emergency Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (GDM, SWG, JHB, LTG, JGC, CBC), and the North Carolina Office of Emergency Medical Services (GDM, DP), Raleigh, North Carolina.
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Pages 85-94 | Received 27 Apr 2009, Accepted 26 Jun 2009, Published online: 30 Nov 2009

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