Unmet Need for Emergency Medical Services in Hanoi, Vietnam
| Autor: | Thanh Nguyen, Trung Anh Dang, Thai Son Dinh, Shinji Nakahara, Van Cuong Le, Bui Hai Hoang, Quoc Chinh Luong, Thi Hue Mai |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Opinion
education.field_of_study business.industry strengthening health system Service provision Population emergency medical services medicine.disease access to healthcare Unmet needs Vietnam Low and middle income countries Health care Emergency medical services Asian country medicine low- and middle-income countries Medical emergency business education Healthcare system |
| Zdroj: | JMA Journal |
| ISSN: | 2433-3298 2433-328X |
| Popis: | Low- and middle-income countries urgently need to improve emergency medical services (EMSs) as a component of their healthcare systems. Here, we detailed EMS resources and their provision in Hanoi, Vietnam, and discussed necessary policies to upgrade EMSs. Between 2013 and 2018, EMS resources, measured as provider-to-population and ambulance-to-population ratios, decreased, whereas service provision, measured as the number of patients transported by ambulance per population, increased. EMS resources and their provision in Hanoi are far below the standards of high-income countries or figures in neighboring Asian countries. Therefore, it is imperative to upgrade health policies for the appropriate allocation of healthcare resources to EMSs and hospital services. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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