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Patients' aged ≥65 years dispositions during ambulance assignments, including factors associated with non-conveyance to hospital: a longitudinal and comparative study.

Elin-Sofie ForsgärdeCarina ElmqvistBengt FridlundAnders SvenssonRichard AnderssonMattias Rööst
Published in: BMJ open (2020)
The study demonstrates several patient characteristics, and factors associated with non-conveyance to hospitals, such as age, symptom, triage level, scene, time, day and season. The increasing non-conveyance trend highlights the importance of further studies on optimal care levels for patients ≥65 years old.
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