Telemedical emergency services: central or decentral coordination?

Steffen FleßaRebekka SuessJulia KuntoschMarkus KrohnBibiana MetelmannJoachim Paul HasebrookPeter BrinkrolfKlaus HahnenkampDorothea KohnenCamilla Metelmann

Published in: Health economics review (2021)

We recommend centralization of telemedical emergency services. However, the number of districts cooperating in one teleemergency doctor office should not be too high and the distance between the ambulance station and the telemedical station should not be too large.

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