PLANNING FOR URBAN EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES

The purpose of the paper is to describe a recent comprehensive analysis of emergency transportation, communication, and treatment services in Philadelphia. The paper describes the rise in emergency service use and some proposals intended to deal with the problems generated. It discusses the specific origins of the emergency medical service crisis in Philadelphia, the formation of a task force to deal with it, the studies carried out, and the specific recommendations of the task force.

• Corporate Authors:

  University of Pennsylvania Law School

  3400 Chestnut Street
  Philadelphia, PA  United States  19104

  National Center for Health Services Research

  5600 Fishers Lane
  Rockville, MD  United States  20852
• Authors:
  • Hamilton, W F
  • Finley, J E
• Publication Date: 1972

Media Info

• Pagination: 40 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Communication systems; Costs; Disasters and emergency operations; Emergency medical services; Evaluation; Financing; Hazards and emergency operations; Health care; Health care facilities; Health care services; Medical records; Medical services; Planning; Public health; Recommendations; Simulation; Surveys; Telecommunications; Transportation; Urban areas
• Geographic Terms: Pennsylvania
• Old TRIS Terms: Health care delivery systems; Urban health services
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00094028
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: NCHSR-76/83
• Contract Numbers: PHS-HS-00849
• Files: NTIS, TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 10 1976 12:00AM