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Table 3 Estimated average annual percentage change of emergency rates with corresponding confidence intervals, 2007–2016

From: Use of pre-hospital emergency medical services in urban and rural municipalities over a 10 year period: an observational study based on routinely collected dispatch data

 

Rural

Small town

Large town

Medium-sized city

Large City

Without PEP

7.8 (7.6–7.9)

7.8 (7.4–8.2)

7.5 (7.0–8.0)

7.8 (7.2–8.5)

5.7 (4.3–7.1)*

With PEP

2.4 (2.3–2.5)

2.2 (1.8–2.6)

2.4 (1.9–2.9)

1.7 (1.0–2.4)*

1.3 (− 0.2–2.8)

  1. p value for interaction of year and municipality type (rural = reference), * p < 0.001
  2. PEP pre-hospital emergency physician
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Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine

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