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van den Berg, P.L. (author), Fiskerstrand, Peter (author), Aardal, K.I. (author), Einerkjær, Jørgen (author), Thoresen, Trond (author), Røislien, Jo (author)Background Ambulance services play a crucial role in providing pre-hospital emergency care. In order to ensure quick responses, the location of the bases, and the distribution of available ambulances among these bases, should be optimized. In mixed urban-rural areas, this optimization typically involves a trade-off between backup coverage in...journal article 2019
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Røislien, Jo (author), van den Berg, Pieter L. (author), Lindner, Thomas (author), Zakariassen, Erik (author), Uleberg, Oddvar (author), Aardal, K.I. (author), van Essen, J.T. (author)Background: Helicopter emergency medical services are important in many health care systems. Norway has a nationwide physician manned air ambulance service servicing a country with large geographical variations in population density and incident frequencies. The aim of the study was to compare optimal air ambulance base locations using both...journal article 2018
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Røislien, Jo (author), van den Berg, P.L. (author), Lindner, Thomas (author), Zakariassen, Erik (author), Aardal, K.I. (author), van Essen, J.T. (author)Background Helicopter emergency medical services are an important part of many healthcare systems. Norway has a nationwide physician staffed air ambulance service with 12 bases servicing a country with large geographical variations in population density. The aim of the study was to estimate optimal air ambulance base locations. Methods We used...journal article 2016