Rural and Ethnic Disparities in Out-of-hospital Care and Transport Pathways After Road Traffic Trauma in New Zealand.
Rebbecca LilleyGabrielle DavieBridget DickerPapaarangi ReidShanthi AmeratungaCharles BranasNicola CampbellIan CivilBridget KoolPublished in: The western journal of emergency medicine (2024)
Among RTC patients attended and transported by EMS in NZ, there was variability in out-of-hospital EMS transport pathways through to specialist trauma care, strongly patterned by location of incident and ethnicity. These findings, mirroring other health disparities for Māori, provide an equity-focused evidence base to guide clinical and policy decision makers to optimize the delivery of EMS care and reduce disparities associated with out-of-hospital EMS care.
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