Inequities in ambulance allocation associated with transfer delay and mortality in acute coronary syndrome patients: evidence from 89 emergency medical stations in China

• Main Authors: Siwen Li (Author), Xuejie Dong (Author), Dongmei Li (Author), Hongjuan Zhang (Author), Shuduo Zhou (Author), Mailikezhati Maimaitiming (Author), Junxiong Ma (Author), Na Li (Author), Qiang Zhou (Author), Yinzi Jin (Author), Zhi-Jie Zheng (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Allocation of healthcare resources has a great influence on treatment and outcome of patients. This study aimed to access the inequality of ambulance allocation across regions, and estimate the associations between ambulance density and pre-hospital transfer time and mortality of...