Comparing population and incident data for optimal air ambulance base locations in Norway

Comparing population and incident data for optimal air ambulance base locations in Norway

Abstract Background Helicopter emergency medical services are important in many health care systems. Norway has a nationwide physician manned air ambulance service servicing a country with large geographical variations in population density and incident frequencies. The aim of the study was to compa...

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Main Authors: Jo Røislien, Pieter L. van den Berg, Thomas Lindner, Erik Zakariassen, Oddvar Uleberg, Karen Aardal, J. Theresia van Essen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-05-01
Series:Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
Subjects:
HEMS
Air ambulance
Facility location problem
MCLP
Population density
Incidents
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13049-018-0511-4

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