biostudies-literatureUnknown33(5)Ming J<h4>Objectives</h4>Determine counts, characteristics and outcomes following transport by the Royal Flying Doctor Service Western Operations (RFDSWO) to Perth.<h4>Study design</h4>Retrospective cohort study of the RFDSWO aeromedical patient dataset linked to administrative datasets.<h4>Participants</h4>Suspected acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patients aged ≥ 25 years transported from rural Western Australia to Perth between 2001 and 2017.<h4>Main outcome measures</h4>Basic counts and proportions. Poisson regression was used to determine absolute change in number of transports and relative risk (RR) of receiving diagnostic coronary angiography; logistic regression to model odds ratio (OR) of death between transport and end of hospital care.<h4>Results</h4>RFDSWO carried out 11 390 transports The Australian journal of rural healthe70093https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC12455902biostudies-literatureCounts, Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients Transported by the Royal Flying Doctor Service to Metropolitan Perth With Suspected Acute Coronary Syndrome: Western Australian Linked Data Study.PMC12455902Briffa TIhdayhid ARFisher JPreen DRankin JMHooper ALopez DBartholomew HMing JfalseCounts, Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients Transported by the Royal Flying Doctor Service to Metropolitan Perth With Suspected Acute Coronary Syndrome: Western Australian Linked Data Study.<h4>Objectives</h4>Determine counts, characteristics and outcomes following transport by the Royal Flying Doctor Service Western Operations (RFDSWO) to Perth.<h4>Study design</h4>Retrospective cohort study of the RFDSWO aeromedical patient dataset linked to administrative datasets.<h4>Participants</h4>Suspected acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patients aged ≥ 25 years transported from rural Western Australia to Perth between 2001 and 2017.<h4>Main outcome measures</h4>Basic counts and proportions. Poisson regression was used to determine absolute change in number of transports and relative risk (RR) of receiving diagnostic coronary angiography; logistic regression to model odds ratio (OR) of death between transport and end of hospital care.<h4>Results</h4>RFDSWO carried out 11 390 transports 2025-01-01T00:00:00Z2025 Oct2026-06-03T18:46:14.465Z2026-05-30T03:06:56.795ZS-EPMC124559024098557110.1111/ajr.70093