Validation of zip code-based estimates of ambulance driving distance to control for access to care in emergency surgery research

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Article

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General Surgery

Abstract

This study uses Medicaid data files to estimate the association of estimated driving distance and reported driven ambulance miles from an injury site to a hospital during emergency medical service calls as a means to assess data accuracy for use in future research.

Publication (Name of Journal)

JAMA surgery

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