title: Multiple options and unique pathways: a new direction for EMS?
abstract: The same forces transforming the health care delivery system also are reshaping EMS. The changing economic and organizational structures of the health services delivery system may predict how EMS systems will redesign themselves. We discuss one template for future EMS systems.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, USA.
authors.forename: K W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Neely
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Drake
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Moorhead
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.forename: D T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Skeen
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Wilson
mesh_terms: D003661:Decision Support Techniques; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends*; D005544:Forecasting; D015276:Health Care Rationing; D012106:Research; D014481:United States