Why the study?
Does transportation distance to vascular surgical emergency service influence mortality in patients with ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms?
Does transportation distance to vascular surgical emergency service influence mortality in patients with ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms?
Transportation distance to a vascular surgical emergency service does not appear to influence mortality outcomes for patients with ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms.
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Does not support distance-based triage limits for RAAA; leaves open optimal regionalization strategies in observational data.
Kantonen et al. (2005) studied this question.
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