The challenges of population ageing: accelerating demand for emergency ambulance services by older patients, 1995–2015

Lowthian, Judy; John Jolley, Damien; J. Curtis, Andrea; Currell, Alexander; Cameron, Peter; Stoelwinder, Johannes; J. McNeil, John

doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2011.tb03107.x

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The challenges of population ageing: accelerating demand for emergency ambulance services by older patients, 1995–2015

Published in The Medical Journal of Australia • Jun 1, 2011

Authors:

Judy Lowthian

Damien John Jolley

Andrea J. Curtis

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To measure the growth in emergency ambulance use across metropolitan Melbourne since 1995, to measure the impact of population growth and ageing on these services, and to forecast demand for these services in 2015. DESIGN AND SETTING: A population-based retrospective analysis of Ambulance...

Subject

Metropolitan area

Population

Population ageing

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