Outpatient care in acute and prehospital emergency medicine by emergency medical and patient transport service over a 10-year period: a retrospective study based on dispatch data from a German emergency medical dispatch centre (OFF-RESCUE)

Outpatient care in acute and prehospital emergency medicine by emergency medical and patient transport service over a 10-year period: a retrospective study based on dispatch data from a German emergency medical dispatch centre (OFF-RESCUE)

Abstract Background The number of operations by the German emergency medical service almost doubled between 1994 and 2016. The associated expenses increased by 380% in a similar period. Operations with treatment on-site, which retrospectively proved to be misallocated (OFF-Missions), have a substant...

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Main Authors: Marc S. Schehadat, Guido Scherer, David A. Groneberg, Manfred Kaps, Michael H. K. Bendels
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-03-01
Series:BMC Emergency Medicine
Subjects:
OFF-Mission
ON-Mission
Emergency medical control center
Triaged
Dispatched
Rural
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12873-021-00424-4

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12873-021-00424-4

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