Identifying quality indicators for prehospital emergency care services in the low to middle income setting: The South African perspective

Introduction: Historically, performance within the Prehospital Emergency Care (PEC) setting has been assessed primarily based on response times. While easy to measure and valued by the public, overall, response time targets are a poor predictor of quality of care and clinical outcomes. Over the last...

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Main Authors: Ian Howard, Peter Cameron, Lee Wallis, Maaret Castrén, Veronica Lindström
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-12-01
Series:African Journal of Emergency Medicine
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211419X19301405