EMS access performance: the relative cost of treatment delay.
A quantitatively defined relationship between in-system mortality and treatment delay (the total time delay between traumatic injury and initial care) is developed empirically from an emergency medical services data source. This relationship is described as an approximate indicator of the cost of treatment delay in the system studied which should be useful for resource allocation and planning.
D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000592:standards*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006285:Health Planning; D006801:Humans; D007087:Illinois; D009026:Mortality; D013997:Time Factors