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Evaluating emergency medical service performance measures

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  • Maria Mayorga

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  • Laura McLay & Maria Mayorga, 2010. "Evaluating emergency medical service performance measures," Health Care Management Science, Springer, vol. 13(2), pages 124-136, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:hcarem:v:13:y:2010:i:2:p:124-136
    DOI: 10.1007/s10729-009-9115-x
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    12. Phillip R. Jenkins & Matthew J. Robbins & Brian J. Lunday, 2018. "Examining military medical evacuation dispatching policies utilizing a Markov decision process model of a controlled queueing system," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 271(2), pages 641-678, December.
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    23. Sunarin Chanta & Maria Mayorga & Laura McLay, 2014. "Improving emergency service in rural areas: a bi-objective covering location model for EMS systems," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 221(1), pages 133-159, October.
    24. Luo, Weicong & Yao, Jing & Mitchell, Richard & Zhang, Xiaoxiang & Li, Wenqiang, 2022. "Locating emergency medical services to reduce urban-rural inequalities," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 84(C).

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