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Inappropriate Helicopter Emergency Medical Services Transports: Results of a National Cohort Utilization Review

John William Hafnerfrom the Department of Surgery (JWH, MD), University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria (KC, TJS), Peoria, Illinois; the Department of Emergency Medicine (JWH, MD, KC, TJS), OSF Saint Francis Medical Center, Peoria, Illinois; and Air Evac EMS Inc. (KC, JEJ), West Plains, Missouri.Correspondence[email protected]
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Michael Downsfrom the Department of Surgery (JWH, MD), University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria (KC, TJS), Peoria, Illinois; the Department of Emergency Medicine (JWH, MD, KC, TJS), OSF Saint Francis Medical Center, Peoria, Illinois; and Air Evac EMS Inc. (KC, JEJ), West Plains, Missouri.
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Kelly Coxfrom the Department of Surgery (JWH, MD), University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria (KC, TJS), Peoria, Illinois; the Department of Emergency Medicine (JWH, MD, KC, TJS), OSF Saint Francis Medical Center, Peoria, Illinois; and Air Evac EMS Inc. (KC, JEJ), West Plains, Missouri.
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Joy E. Johncoxfrom the Department of Surgery (JWH, MD), University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria (KC, TJS), Peoria, Illinois; the Department of Emergency Medicine (JWH, MD, KC, TJS), OSF Saint Francis Medical Center, Peoria, Illinois; and Air Evac EMS Inc. (KC, JEJ), West Plains, Missouri.
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Timothy J. Schaeferfrom the Department of Surgery (JWH, MD), University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria (KC, TJS), Peoria, Illinois; the Department of Emergency Medicine (JWH, MD, KC, TJS), OSF Saint Francis Medical Center, Peoria, Illinois; and Air Evac EMS Inc. (KC, JEJ), West Plains, Missouri.
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Pages 434-442 | Received 11 Mar 2012, Accepted 12 Mar 2012, Published online: 21 Jun 2012

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