THE STUDY OF FACTORS INFLUENCING THE RESPONSE TIME OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES: CASE STUDY OF THREE DISTRICTS IN THE NORTHERN REGION OF BANGKOK
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Response time is one of the primary objectives of emergency medical services. All over the world, emergency medical response time has been used as one measure of the effectiveness of emergency medical services. This study examined the factors affecting the response time for emergency medical services in three districts in northern Bangkok. Secondary data on the emergency medical services of the National Institute for Emergency Medicine, demographics data and road travel speed data of the Strategy and Evaluation Department of Bangkok Metropolis and the Office of Traffic and Transportation Department of Bangkok Metropolis were taken to be analyzed. Data from independent variables were analyzed using descriptive statistics and the correlation among independent variables was analyzed using Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation. The independent variables were analyzed by multiple linear regression analysis using an input method. The dependent variable was determined as the EMS response time. The results of the data analysis revealed that in the three districts of Northern Bangkok, the same statistically significant factor affecting emergency medical service response times was the distance factor. The order of forecasting ability for the R2 value was as follows: 62.9% for Khlong Sam Wa District, 53.6% for Sai Mai District, and 44.1% for Bang Khen District, all of which were related to the area size of each district.
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