Repeated ambulance use is associated with chronic diseases - a population-based historic cohort study of patients’ symptoms and diagnoses

Abstract Background There is a growing demand for emergency medical services (EMS) and patients are repeatedly transported by ambulance services. For many patients, especially those with chronic disease, there may be better ways of delivering care. We examined the symptom at time of emergency call a...

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Main Authors: Morten Breinholt Søvsø, Torben Anders Kløjgaard, Poul Anders Hansen, Erika Frischknecht Christensen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-04-01
Series:Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13049-019-0624-4