Emergency medicine in Switzerland.
Situated in the heart of Europe, Switzerland's 7 million inhabitants, including 1 million foreigners, live in an area of 41,000 km2. German, French, Italian, and Rhaeto-Romanic are the official languages. The Swiss health service stands out because of the high quality and efficiency of its ambulatory and hospitalized health care management.
Osterwalder
J J
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Department of Emergency and Surgery, Kantonsspital, St Gallen, Switzerland.
D000553:Ambulatory Care; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D004635:Emergency Medicine / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D006295:Health Resources; D006296:Health Services / Q000191:economics; D006298:Health Services Administration / Q000191:economics; D006739:Hospital Administration; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D013557:Switzerland