Ambulance diversion for selected emergency conditions: effect on emergency response performance and patient outcomes

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1013749

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Critically ill patients require rapid access to definitive care and delays in treatment may lead to poor outcomes. This study will examine the effect of ambulance diversion on outcomes for patients with selected emergency conditions e.g. heart attack, stroke and major trauma who are and are not directly transferred to tertiary centres. Ultimately, this research aims is to improve patient outcomes and improve emergency service performance.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2011

End Date: 01-01-2014

Funding Scheme: Early Career Fellowships

Funding Amount: $302,123.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Emergency Medicine

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

cardiovascular disease | cost-effectiveness | emergency medical service | health service accessibility | outcomes research | record linkage | stroke | transport | traumatic injury | treatment efficacy

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