Regional intensive care transports: A prospective analysis of distance, time and cost for road, helicopter and fixed-wing ambulances

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Brändström, Helge ^a   Winsö, Ola ^a   Lindholm, Lars ^a   Haney, Michael ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ambulance; Fixed wing ambulance; Health economics; Helicopter; Intensive care transport; Road ambulance

Indexed keywords

AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SWEDEN; TIME;

AIR AMBULANCES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS;

EID: 84902245879     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17577241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1757-7241-22-36     Document Type: Article

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