Association Between Remoteness to a Health Care Facility and Incidence of Ambulance Calls in Rural Areas of Japan

Objectives: Whether traffic remoteness from health care service in rural areas influences usage of ambulance service has not been well investigated. This study aimed to evaluate the relation between remoteness to health care facilities and incidence of ambulance calls in rural areas of Japan. Method...

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Main Authors: Saori Kashima, Kazuo Inoue, Masatoshi Matsumoto, Akira Eboshida, Keisuke Takeuchi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2015-07-01
Series:Health Services Research & Managerial Epidemiology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2333392815598294