Open AccessA method for the geographical evaluation of emergency medical service performance.
Author(s) -
Jonathan D. Mayer
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.71.8.841
Subject(s) - emergency medical services , service (business) , identification (biology) , medical emergency , environmental health , medicine , business , marketing , botany , biology
Emergency Medical Service (EMS) evaluation is usually conducted on an aggregated, system-wide basis, despite the fact that there is substantial geographical variation in EMS performance. This paper suggests a method for the identification and analysis of geographically disaggregated EMS performance, using Seattle's Medic I program as an example.