Multiple options and unique pathways: a new direction for EMS?

K W Neely; M E Drake; J C Moorhead; T A Schmidt; D T Skeen; E A Wilson

doi:10.1016/s0196-0644(97)70051-9

Multiple options and unique pathways: a new direction for EMS?

Ann Emerg Med. 1997 Dec;30(6):797-9. doi: 10.1016/s0196-0644(97)70051-9.

Authors

K W Neely¹, M E Drake, J C Moorhead, T A Schmidt, D T Skeen, E A Wilson

Affiliation

¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, USA.

PMID: 9398776
DOI: 10.1016/s0196-0644(97)70051-9

Abstract

The same forces transforming the health care delivery system also are reshaping EMS. The changing economic and organizational structures of the health services delivery system may predict how EMS systems will redesign themselves. We discuss one template for future EMS systems.

MeSH terms

Decision Support Techniques
Emergency Medical Services / legislation & jurisprudence
Emergency Medical Services / methods*
Emergency Medical Services / trends*
Forecasting
Health Care Rationing
Research
United States