Acute medical missions by helicopter medical service (HEMS) to municipalities with different approach for primary care physicians

Table 2 Acute medical missions, request for helicopter emergency medical service (HEMS) and out-of-hours (OOH) call-outs

Variable	Bergen		Rural OOH district		P value
Variable	n	Rate (CI)	n	Rate (CI)
Acute medical missions	9176	30 (29–31)	744	29 (27–32)	0.61
HEMS requested	513	1.7 (1.5–1.8)	62	2.4 (1.8–3.1)	< 0.05
HEMS cancelled	234	0.8 (0.7–0.9)	32	1.3 (0.8–1.7)	0.42
HEMS encountered	279	0.9 (0.8–1.0)	30	1.2 (0.8–1.2)	0.15
Helicopter missions	30	0.1 (0.1–0.1)	24	1.0 (0.6–1.4)	< 0.05
Rapid car missions	249	0.9 (0.8–1.0)	6	0.3 (0.1–0.5)	< 0.05
OOH call-outs	0	0 (0)	493	20 (18–21)	< 0.05

Numbers and rates (per 1000 inhabitants per year) of acute medical missions, request for and subgroups of helicopter emergency medical service (HEMS) responses, and out-of-hours (OOH) call-outs in the municipality Bergen and in the rural OOH district
p value analyzed between rates in Bergen and in the rural OOH district

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