Journal of Critical Care
Volume 21, Issue 1 , Pages 8-17 , March 2006

Do specialist transport personnel improve hospital outcome in critically ill patients transferred to higher centers? A systematic review

  • Dean Belway, BSc

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences, St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6Z 1Y6
    • University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    • ,
  • William Henderson, MD

      Affiliations

    • Program of Critical Care Medicine, St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6Z 1Y6
    • Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences, St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6Z 1Y6
    • University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    • ,
  • Sean P. Keenan, MD, FRCPC, MSc (Epid)

      Affiliations

    • Program of Critical Care Medicine, St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6Z 1Y6
    • Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences, St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6Z 1Y6
    • University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    • ,
  • Adrian R. Levy, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences, St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6Z 1Y6
    • University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    • ,
  • PeterM. Dodek, MD, MHSc

      Affiliations

    • Program of Critical Care Medicine, St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6Z 1Y6
    • Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences, St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6Z 1Y6
    • University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Center for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences, St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6Z 1Y6. Tel.: +1 604 806 9023; fax: +1 604 806 8674.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2005.12.008

Journal of Critical Care
Volume 21, Issue 1 , Pages 8-17 , March 2006

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