Management and Financing of Emergency Medical Services
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Management and financing of emergency medical services.
NC Med J July/August 2007, Volume 68, Number 4 ike other organizations, emergency medical services (EMS) systems have revenues and expenses. The unpredictability of calls and the oftentimes inefficient nature of EMS operations make EMS management and financing difficult. Annually, EMS costs patients, insurers, and the federal government billions of dollars. In fiscal year 2002, Medicare spent $...
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عنوان ژورنال: North Carolina Medical Journal
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0029-2559,0029-2559
DOI: 10.18043/ncm.68.4.259