Dynamic ambulance reallocation for the reduction of ambulance response times using system status management

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 159-166

  Lam, Sean Shao Wei ^a   Zhang, Ji ^a   Zhang, Zhong Cheng ^a   Oh, Hong Choon ^b   Overton, Jerry ^c   Ng, Yih Yng ^d   Ong, Marcus Eng Hock ^a,e  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b Eastern Health Alliance   (Singapore)

^c International Academies of Emergency Dispatch   (United States)

^d Medical Department   (Singapore)

^e DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; AMBULANCE RESPONSE TIME; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SIMULATION; SINGAPORE; STATISTICS; SYSTEM STATUS MANAGEMENT; TIME; EMERGENCY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

AMBULANCES; EMERGENCIES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SINGAPORE; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84924809791     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2014.10.044     Document Type: Article

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