Why do ambulance services have different non-transport rates? A national cross sectional study

Some patients calling ambulance services (known as Emergency Medical Services internationally) are not transported to hospital. In England, national ambulance quality indicators show considerable variation in non-transport rates between the ten large regional ambulance services. The aim of this stud...

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Published in:	PloS one Vol. 13; no. 9; p. e0204508
Main Authors:	O’Cathain, Alicia, Jacques, Richard, Stone, Tony, Turner, Janette
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Public Library of Science 21.09.2018 Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult Age Factors Aged Aged, 80 and over Ambulance services Ambulances - statistics & numerical data Analysis Child Child, Preschool Configuration management Cross-Sectional Studies Decision making Emergency medical services Emergency Medical Technicians Emergency services Emergency vehicles Engineering and Technology England Female Geriatrics Health services Healthcare Disparities Humans Infant Infant, Newborn Logistic Models Male Medicine and Health Sciences Middle Aged Motivation Older people Patient Discharge Patients People and places Perception Quality management Research and Analysis Methods Skills Systematic review Telephone Transport Variation Young Adult England United Kingdom United Kingdom > UK Australia
ISSN:	1932-6203, 1932-6203
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