Trends and barriers of emergency medical service use in Addis Ababa; Ethiopia

Abstract Background The increasing burdens of trauma and time sensitive non-communicable disease in Addis Ababa necessitate a robust emergency medical care system. The objectives of this study were to assess the proportion of patients who used emergency medical services (EMS) and to quantitatively a...

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Main Authors: Menbeu Sultan, Yonas Abebe, Assefu Welde Tsadik, Asmamaw Ababa, Alegnta Gebre Yesus, Nee-Kofi Mould-Millman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-04-01
Series:BMC Emergency Medicine
Subjects:
EMS
Use
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12873-019-0242-5