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FOCUS ON EMS TRANSPORT

Use of ED Diagnosis to Determine Medical Necessity of EMS Transports

P. Daniel Patterson Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
, PhD, MPH, EMT-B,
Charity G. Moore Division of General Medicine andEpidemiology, Departments of Medicine andBiostatistics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
, PhD, MSPH,
Jane H. Brice Department of Emergency Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
, MD, MPH &
Elizabeth G. Baxley Department of Family andPreventive Medicine, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC
, MD
Pages 488-493 | Received 02 Mar 2006, Accepted 09 Jun 2006, Published online: 02 Jul 2009

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Michael G. Millin, Lawrence H. Brown, Catherine K. Craven, Seth C. Hawkins, David K. Tan, Gina M. Piazza, David C. Cone & Richard W. Sattin. (2011) Evolution of the Literature Identifying Physicians' Roles in Leadership, Clinical Development, and Practice of the Subspecialty of Emergency Medical Services. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine 26:1, pages 49-64.
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