Identifying Frequent Users of an Urban Emergency Medical Service Using Descriptive Statistics and Regression Analyses
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Identifying Frequent Users of an Urban Emergency Medical Service Using Descriptive Statistics and Regression Analyses
This retrospective cohort study provides a descriptive analysis of a population that frequently uses an urban emergency medical service (EMS) and identifies factors that contribute to use among all frequent users. For purposes of this study we divided frequent users into the following groups: low- frequent users (4 EMS transports in 2012), medium-frequent users (5 to 6 EMS transports in 2012), ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1936-900X,1936-9018
DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2015.10.28508