Telephone Triage for Emergency Patients Reduces Unnecessary Ambulance Use: A Propensity Score Analysis With Population-Based Data in Osaka City, Japan

Telephone Triage for Emergency Patients Reduces Unnecessary Ambulance Use: A Propensity Score Analysis With Population-Based Data in Osaka City, Japan

BackgroundTelephone triage service in emergency care has been introduced around the world, but the impact of this service on the emergency medical service (EMS) system has not been fully revealed. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of telephone triage service for emergency patients on...

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Main Authors: Yusuke Katayama, Tetsuhisa Kitamura, Shunichiro Nakao, Hoshi Himura, Ryo Deguchi, Shunsuke Tai, Junya Tsujino, Yasumitsu Mizobata, Takeshi Shimazu, Yuko Nakagawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Public Health
Subjects:
telephone triage
ambulance
EMS
public health
propensity score
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.896506/full

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