A retrospective comparison between non-conveyed and conveyed patients in ambulance care.
Lilian C M VloetArjan de KreekEmmelieke M C van der LindenJori J A van SpijkVince A H TheunissenMaud van WanrooijPierre M van GrunsvenRemco H A EbbenPublished in: Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine (2018)
This study shows that non-conveyed patients are younger, are more likely to be in (highly) rural areas, and more often have initial reasons for care related to mental, behavioral and neurodevelopmental disorders (ICD-10 chapter 5). Although abnormal vital functions/observation scale were more prevalent in the conveyance group, 58.6% of the non-conveyed patients had at least one abnormal vital function/observation scale.