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Spatial Analysis of Ambulance Response Times Related to Prehospital Cardiac Arrests in the City-State of Singapore

Arul EarnestFrom the Centre for Quantitative Medicine, Office of Clinical Sciences, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School (AE), Singapore; the Department of Emergency Medicine, Singapore General Hospital (MEHO, NS), Singapore; and the Department of Statistics and Applied Probability, National University of Singapore (WMN, CF, DJN), Singapore.
, PhD, MSc,
Marcus Eng Hock OngFrom the Centre for Quantitative Medicine, Office of Clinical Sciences, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School (AE), Singapore; the Department of Emergency Medicine, Singapore General Hospital (MEHO, NS), Singapore; and the Department of Statistics and Applied Probability, National University of Singapore (WMN, CF, DJN), Singapore.Correspondence[email protected]
, MBBS (S'pore), MPH,
Nur ShahidahFrom the Centre for Quantitative Medicine, Office of Clinical Sciences, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School (AE), Singapore; the Department of Emergency Medicine, Singapore General Hospital (MEHO, NS), Singapore; and the Department of Statistics and Applied Probability, National University of Singapore (WMN, CF, DJN), Singapore.
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Wen Min NgFrom the Centre for Quantitative Medicine, Office of Clinical Sciences, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School (AE), Singapore; the Department of Emergency Medicine, Singapore General Hospital (MEHO, NS), Singapore; and the Department of Statistics and Applied Probability, National University of Singapore (WMN, CF, DJN), Singapore.
, BSc (Hons),
Chuanyang FooFrom the Centre for Quantitative Medicine, Office of Clinical Sciences, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School (AE), Singapore; the Department of Emergency Medicine, Singapore General Hospital (MEHO, NS), Singapore; and the Department of Statistics and Applied Probability, National University of Singapore (WMN, CF, DJN), Singapore.
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David John NottFrom the Centre for Quantitative Medicine, Office of Clinical Sciences, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School (AE), Singapore; the Department of Emergency Medicine, Singapore General Hospital (MEHO, NS), Singapore; and the Department of Statistics and Applied Probability, National University of Singapore (WMN, CF, DJN), Singapore.
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Pages 256-265 | Received 30 Jun 2011, Accepted 29 Jul 2011, Published online: 14 Oct 2011

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