Impact of Community Socioeconomic Characteristics on Emergency Medical Service Delays in Responding to Fatal Vehicle Crashes.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

This study aimed to determine the impact of community socioeconomic status on emergency medical services' response time for fatal vehicle crashes.

Methods

Authors used the 2019 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Fatality Analysis Reporting System and 2019-2020 Area Health Resource Files to obtain emergency medical services' time intervals and county socioeconomic characteristics (e.g., median household income, availability of trauma centers, and rurality), generating a study sample of 18,540 individuals involved in fatal vehicle crashes between January and December 2019. Generalized linear models with log-link and Gamma-family were used to obtain estimates, and other variables were adjusted in the model.

Results

Both the mean time of the emerg

SUBMITTER: Verma S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10546577 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature