Geographic-time distribution of ambulance calls in Singapore: Utility of geographic information system in ambulance deployment (CARE 3)+

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 184-191

  Ong, Marcus E H ^a   Ng, Faith S P ^b   Overton, Jerry ^c   Yap, Susan ^a   Andresen, Derek ^c   Yong, David K L ^a   Lim, Swee Han ^a   Anantharaman, V ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b Clinical Trials   (Singapore)

^c Richmond Ambulance Authority   (United States)

Author keywords

Demand analysis; Despatch; Emergency medical services

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RACE DIFFERENCE; SINGAPORE;

EID: 64549135802     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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