Ambulance Deserts: Geographic Disparities in the Provision of Ambulance Services
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Description
Chartbook presenting data on ambulance deserts from 41
states in 2021-2022, and identifying places and people that
are more than 25 minutes from an ambulance station. Include
maps of ambulance desert locations and health care facility
locations for every state with available data, and
documents coverage gaps in the provision of ambulance
services across geographic areas across the United States.
Author(s)
Yvonne Jonk, Carly Milkowski, Zachariah Croll, Karen Pearson
Date
05/2023
Organization
Maine Rural Health Research Center
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· Appalachia
· Emergency medical services
· Emergency medical technicians and paramedics
· Funding
· Health disparities
· Health workforce supply and demand
· Reimbursement and payment models
· Rural-urban differences
· Statistics and data
· The South