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Apart from the medical complaints, why do patients use emergency medical services? Results of a patient survey.
N.N. · Das Gesundheitswesen · 2021 · Heft 7 · S. 638 bis 646
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Abstract Introduction Many countries face an increased use of emergency medical services (EMS) with a decreasing percentage of life-threatening complaints. Though there is a broad discussion among experts about the cause, patients self-perceived, non-medical reasons for using EMS remain largely unknown. Methods The written survey included EMS patients who had ≥1 case of prehospital emergency care in 2016. Four German health insurance companies sent out postal questionnaires to 1312 insured patients. The response rate was 20%; 254 questionnaires were eligible for descriptive and inferential analyses (t-tests, chi…
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