Expected Annual Emergency Miles per Ambulance: An Indicator for Measuring Availability of Emergency Medical Services Resources
Date
04/2006
Journal
Journal of Rural Health
Description
Proposes a county-level indicator of emergency medical services (EMS) resource availability that takes into consideration existing EMS resources (ambulances), population health and demographics, and geographic factors. The indicator, the EXpected annual emergency miles per AMBulance (EXAMB), provides a basis for comparing ambulance availability across counties within states. A method for calculating the EXAMB indicator is demonstrated using data from 5 states.
Center
Rural and Minority Health Research Center
Authors
P. Daniel Patterson, Janice Probst, Charity Moore