The Danish prehospital emergency healthcare system and research possibilities

Table 2 Prehospital and out-of-hours calls per 1000 capita

Tasks	North Denmark Region	Central Denmark Region	Region of Southern Denmark	Region Zeeland	Capital Region of Denmark
Emergency number calls redirected to EMCC	57	44	45	64	62
Level of urgency: A - Acute	31	20	27	38	23
Out-of-hours general practitioner / 1813^a	496	518	564	638	433

The number of prehospital and out-of-hours calls per 1000 capita, for each of Denmark’s five regions. Includes numbers from 2016, the most recent year information from both groups were available [34, 35]. EMCC, Emergency Medical Coordination Centre. 1813, Out-of-hours Medical Helpline in the Capital Region
^aEstimated numbers. Data are currently only available from an evaluation report including numbers collected with different procedures and time intervals, comparisons should be made with caution

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