Are EMS call volume predictions based on demand pattern analysis accurate?

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 199-203

  Brown, Lawrence H ^a,e   Lerner, E Brooke ^b,f   Larmon, Baxter ^c   LeGassick, Todd ^c   Taigman, Michael ^d  

^a State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^e JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency medical services; Health resources; Health services needs and demand

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; PREDICTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CALIFORNIA; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; FORECASTING; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; NEW YORK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 34047102965     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120701204797     Document Type: Article

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