title: The French way: emergency health care provision.
abstract: This paper intends to add to the debate about the efficient use of Accident & Emergency (A & E) services by providing an outline of a recent regional initiative, and then exploring the emergency health care system in France. The latter is explored as a system for consideration in relation to emergency provision within the UK. A glossary of terms is provided in Table I.
authors.affiliation: University of Northumbria at Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Banks
mesh_terms: D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016529:Emergency Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D012041:Regional Medical Programs / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014218:Triage