Does ambulance use differ between geographic areas? A survey of ambulance use in sparsely and densely populated areas

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 202-211

  Beillon, Lena Marie ^a,b   Suserud, Björn Ove ^b   Karlberg, Ingvar ^a,c   Herlitz, Johan ^b,d  

^a NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BORÅS   (Sweden)

^c Centre for Health Systems Analysis   (Sweden)

^d SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ACCIDENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGY; AMBULANCE; BACKACHE; BREATHING DISORDER; CHILD; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIZZINESS; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEVER; GEOGRAPHY; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INJURY; INTOXICATION; MENTAL DISEASE; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANK SUM TEST; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; SEIZURE; STROKE; SUBURBAN AREA; THORAX PAIN; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; URINARY DYSFUNCTION; VIOLENCE;

AMBULANCES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; POPULATION DENSITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SWEDEN;

EID: 65349162067     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2008.01.012     Document Type: Review

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