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A novel approach for managing the growing demand for ambulance services by low-acuity patients

Kathryn Eastwood A B C , Amee Morgans A , Karen Smith A B , Angela Hodgkinson B , Gareth Becker B and Johannes Stoelwinder A
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A Department of Epidemiology and Preventative Medicine, The Alfred Centre, Monash University, 99 Commercial Road, Melbourne, Vic. 3004, Australia. Email: amee.morgans@monash.edu; just.stoelwinder@monash.edu

B Ambulance Victoria, 31 Joseph Street, Blackburn, Vic. 3130, Australia. Email: karen.smith@ambulance.vic.gov.au; gareth.becker@ambulance.vic.gov.au; angela.hodgkinson@ambulance.vic.gov.au

C Corresponding author. Email: Kathryn.Eastwood@monash.edu

Australian Health Review 40(4) 378-384 https://doi.org/10.1071/AH15134
Submitted: 17 July 2015  Accepted: 29 September 2015   Published: 9 November 2015



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