Drivers of increasing emergency ambulance demand.

Conclusions: Increases in ambulance demand exceeded population growth. Emergency ambulances were increasingly utilised for transport of patients who did not require medical intervention from paramedics. Identifying the characteristics of patients driving ambulance demand will enable targeted demand management strategies. PMID: 31237460 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Prehospital Emergency Care - Category: Endocrinology Tags: Prehosp Emerg Care Source Type: research