Time for Change: The State of Emergency Medical Services in South Korea

Trauma is the leading cause of death among people younger than 40 years of age in South Korea. This demographic represents the productive members of Korean society, yet little is being done to correct this growing problem. The preventable death rate in Korea is estimated to be approximately 60%, whi...

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Autores principales: Lee, Christopher C., Im, Mark, Suh, Gil-Joon
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Yonsei University College of Medicine 2006
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Brief Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2687744/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16941753
http://dx.doi.org/10.3349/ymj.2006.47.4.587
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description Trauma is the leading cause of death among people younger than 40 years of age in South Korea. This demographic represents the productive members of Korean society, yet little is being done to correct this growing problem. The preventable death rate in Korea is estimated to be approximately 60%, which is unacceptable given Korea's growing economy and available resources.
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spelling pubmed-26877442009-06-04 Time for Change: The State of Emergency Medical Services in South Korea Lee, Christopher C. Im, Mark Suh, Gil-Joon Yonsei Med J Brief Communication Trauma is the leading cause of death among people younger than 40 years of age in South Korea. This demographic represents the productive members of Korean society, yet little is being done to correct this growing problem. The preventable death rate in Korea is estimated to be approximately 60%, which is unacceptable given Korea's growing economy and available resources. Yonsei University College of Medicine 2006-08-31 2006-08-31 /pmc/articles/PMC2687744/ /pubmed/16941753 http://dx.doi.org/10.3349/ymj.2006.47.4.587 Text en Copyright © 2006 The Yonsei University College of Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Time for Change: The State of Emergency Medical Services in South Korea
title Time for Change: The State of Emergency Medical Services in South Korea
title_full Time for Change: The State of Emergency Medical Services in South Korea
title_fullStr Time for Change: The State of Emergency Medical Services in South Korea
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2687744/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16941753
http://dx.doi.org/10.3349/ymj.2006.47.4.587
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