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Education and Practice

Paramedic Determinations of Medical Necessity: A Meta-Analysis

Lawrence H. Brown Department of Emergency Medicine, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico; Anton Breinl Centre for Tropical Medicine, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
, EMT-P, MPH&TM,
Michael W. Hubble Emergency Medical Care Program, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, North Carolina
, PhD, MBA, NREMTP,
David C. Cone Department of Emergency Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
, MD,
Michael G. Millin Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
, MD, MPH,
Brian Schwartz Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
, MD,
P. Daniel Patterson Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
, PhD, MPH, EMT-B,
Brad Greenberg Department of Emergency Medicine, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico
, MD, MPA &
Michael E. Richards Department of Emergency Medicine, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico
, MD, MPA show all
Pages 516-527 | Received 23 Oct 2008, Accepted 26 Mar 2009, Published online: 09 Sep 2009

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