The rural route to success. Comparing EMS in three Alabama counties

¹Rose Medical Center, Denver.

JEMS : a Journal of Emergency Medical Services

|January 9, 1991

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Why do volunteer EMS systems in otherwise healthy economic communities fail, while other communities, with low per-capita incomes, enjoy thriving volunteer services? This article studies three volunteer systems in rural Alabama to determine the keys to success.

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