Non-urgent patients in an Emergency Medical Service
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Non-urgent patients in an Emergency Medical Service.
BACKGROUND Emergency Medical Services (ES) are medical-surgical facilities where extremely ill patients, victims of accidents, intoxications and other urgent clinical situations should be rapidly and efficiently attended. However, a worldwide experience is that a large proportion of patients who require attention in an ES do not qualify as emergencies and they obstruct the possibilities of othe...
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عنوان ژورنال: Revista médica de Chile
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0034-9887
DOI: 10.4067/s0034-98872004000900009