Value Generation and Health Reform in Emergency Medical Services
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Value generation and health reform in emergency medical services.
American Emergency Medical Services (EMS) agencies largely have been untouched by the dramatic health care reform efforts underway, although change seems imminent. Clarifying the role of the modern EMS system, and the yardsticks used to evaluate its performance, will be a challenge.This paper introduces the concept of value (or outcomes to cost ratio) in EMS, and offers value assessment as a me...
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عنوان ژورنال: Prehospital and Disaster Medicine
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1049-023X,1945-1938
DOI: 10.1017/s1049023x12000635