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Table 2 Incidence rate ratios for emergency rate, 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

 

Without PEP

With PEP

IRR (CI)

IRR (CI)

Rural (reference)

1

1

Small town

1.2 (1.2–1.3)*

1.1 (1.1–1.2)*

Large town

1.8 (1.6–1.9)*

1.3 (1.2–1.3)*

Medium-sized city

2.2 (2.0–2.5)*

1.5 (1.4–1.7)*

Large city

3.0 (2.2–4.0)*

1.5 (1.2–2.0)*

  1. *p < 0.001
  2. PEP: pre-hospital emergency physician
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Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine

ISSN: 1757-7241