Expected annual emergency miles per ambulance: An indicator for measuring availability of emergency medical services resources

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 102-111

  Patterson, P Daniel ^a   Probst, Janice C ^b   Moore, Charity G ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

AMBULANCES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33645076023     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: 17480361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2006.00017.x     Document Type: Review

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