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. 1998 Aug;32(2):243-7.
doi: 10.1016/s0196-0644(98)70144-1.

Emergency medicine in Switzerland

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Emergency medicine in Switzerland

J J Osterwalder. Ann Emerg Med. 1998 Aug.

Abstract

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.

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