Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 43, Issue 1 , Pages 100-105, January 2004

The effect of emergency department crowding on paramedic ambulance availability☆

  • Marc Eckstein, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
    • University of Southern California Medical Center, and the Los Angeles Fire Department, Los Angeles, CA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Marc Eckstein, MD, Department of Emergency Medicine, Los Angeles County + University of Southern California Medical Center, 1200 N. State Street, Room 1011, Los Angeles, CA 90033; 213-485-4730, fax 213-485-8247
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  • Linda S Chan, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Pediatrics and Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Received 27 September 2002; received in revised form 23 June 2003; accepted 22 July 2003.

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☆ Author contributions: ME designed the study, collected the data, and wrote the bulk of the manuscript. LSC performed the statistical analyses and wrote the pertinent sections of the Materials and Methods section and the Results section. ME takes responsibility for the paper as a whole.The authors report this study did not receive any outside funding or support.

PII: S0196-0644(03)00747-9

doi:10.1016/S0196-0644(03)00747-9

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 43, Issue 1 , Pages 100-105, January 2004

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