Influence of socioeconomic factors on medically unnecessary ambulance calls

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Unnecessary ambulance use has become a socioeconomic problem in Japan. We investigated the possible relations between socioeconomic factors and medically unnecessary ambulance calls, and we estimated the incremental demand for unnece...

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Main Authors: Kubota Katsuaki, Ohshige Kenji, Kawakami Chihiro, Tochikubo Osamu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2007-07-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6963/7/120