Open AccessUnmet Need for Emergency Medical Services in Hanoi, Vietnam
Author(s) -
Hai Bui Hoang,
Thi Hue,
Thai Son Dinh,
Thanh Phuong Pham Nguyen,
Trung Anh Dang,
Van Cuong Le,
Chinh Quoc Luong,
Shinji Nakahara
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
jma journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2433-3298
pISSN - 2433-328X
DOI - 10.31662/jmaj.2020-0110
Subject(s) - medical emergency , emergency medical services , business , medicine
Low- and middle-income countries urgently need to improve emergency medical services (EMSs) as a component of their healthcare systems. Here, we detailed EMS resources and their provision in Hanoi, Vietnam, and discussed necessary policies to upgrade EMSs. Between 2013 and 2018, EMS resources, measured as provider-to-population and ambulance-to-population ratios, decreased, whereas service provision, measured as the number of patients transported by ambulance per population, increased. EMS resources and their provision in Hanoi are far below the standards of high-income countries or figures in neighboring Asian countries. Therefore, it is imperative to upgrade health policies for the appropriate allocation of healthcare resources to EMSs and hospital services.