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Exploring variation in ambulance calls and conveyance rates for adults with diabetes mellitus who contact the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service: a retrospective database analysis

Watson, Aoife
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Clubbs Coldron, Benjamin
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Wingfield, Benjamin
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Ruddell, Nigel
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Clarke, Chris
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Masterson, Siobhan
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McConnell, Donna
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Coates, Vivien
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Emergency Medical Services
 Diabetes Mellitus
 Complications
 Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures
 999 Emergency
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British Paramedic Journal
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Publications - Northern Ireland Ambulance Service
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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12417/1316
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10.29045/14784726.2021.12.6.3.15
Abstract
People with diabetes frequently contact the ambulance service about acute problems. Overall, treating diabetes and its associated complications costs the NHS 10% of the annual budget. Reducing unnecessary hospital admissions and ambulance attendances is a high priority policy for the NHS across the UK. This study aimed to determine the characteristics of emergency calls for people with diabetes who contact the ambulance service and are subsequently conveyed to hospital by the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service (NIAS). Abstract published with permission.
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