Search research articles

ABOUT JoVE

Overview Leadership Blog JoVE Help Center

AUTHORS

Publishing Process Editorial Board Scope & Policies Peer Review FAQ Submit

LIBRARIANS

Testimonials Subscriptions Access Resources Library Advisory Board FAQ

RESEARCH

JoVE Journal Methods Collections JoVE Encyclopedia of Experiments Archive

EDUCATION

JoVE Core JoVE Business JoVE Science Education JoVE Lab Manual Faculty Resource Center Faculty Site

Terms & Conditions of Use

Search research articles

Related Experiment Videos

Ambulance services: a logical, effective and economic solution.

Health and Social Service Journal

|March 2, 1980

Summary

This summary is machine-generated.

Related Concept Videos

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by

Same author

Forecasting hospital bed occupancy: a time series approach with prophet.

BMC medical informatics and decision making·2026

Same author

Interpretable functional specialization emerges in deep convolutional networks trained on brain signals.

Journal of neural engineering·2022

Same author

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on UK medical education. A nationwide student survey.

Medical teacher·2021

Same author

Virtual water flows under projected climate, land use and population change: the case of UK feed barley and meat.

Heliyon·2020

Same author

Neurophysiological Evaluation of a Customizable μECoG-based Wireless Brain Implant.

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference·2018

Same author

The role of blood vessels in high-resolution volume conductor head modeling of EEG.

NeuroImage·2016

Same journal

Performance monitoring. The low threat appraisal.

Health and social service journal·1986

Same journal

Hospice care. Helen House--a minor miracle.

Health and social service journal·1986

Same journal

Medical equipment. ABC of maintenance management.

Health and social service journal·1986

Same journal

Medical records: the DHSS and the data dilemma.

Health and social service journal·1986

Same journal

More to cutting costs than lower budgets.

Health and social service journal·1986

Same journal

Waste disposal. What a load of rubbish.

Health and social service journal·1986

See all related articles

Ambulance services are often overstaffed and inefficient. The author suggests District Health Authorities (DHAs) should manage ambulance services for better local responsiveness and productivity.

Area of Science:

Healthcare Management
Emergency Medical Services
Public Health Policy

Background:

Current ambulance services face challenges with overstaffing and under-productivity.
Metropolitan services, managed by regional bodies, incur higher costs and are less responsive to local needs compared to area-managed services.

Purpose of the Study:

To critically evaluate the operational efficiency of current ambulance service models.
To propose an alternative management structure for ambulance services to improve productivity and local sensitivity.

Main Methods:

Analysis of operational data and cost structures of regional versus area-managed ambulance services.
Review of service responsiveness to local healthcare needs.

Main Results:

Related Experiment Videos

Metropolitan (regional) ambulance services are identified as more costly and less locally sensitive.
Area-managed services demonstrate greater efficiency and responsiveness.

Conclusions:

Current ambulance service models, particularly large metropolitan ones, are inefficient and unresponsive.
Transferring ambulance service management to District Health Authorities (DHAs) is proposed as a strategy to enhance productivity and local responsiveness.