Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5651766 | Annals of Emergency Medicine | 2017 | 11 Pages |
Abstract
In NEMSIS, there was geographic discordance between patient residence zip code and call location zip code in slightly more than one quarter of EMS responses records. The geographic discordance rates between residence and incident zip codes were associated with dispatch complaints and age. Although a patient's residence might be a valid proxy for incident location for elderly patients, this relationship holds less true for other age groups and among different complaints. Our findings have important implications for EMS system planning, resource allocation, and injury surveillance.
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Authors
Renee Y. MD, MSc, Mengtao MS, Ran PhD, Sarah MPH, N. Clay PhD, MS,