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The European Journal of Public Health 2003 13(Supplement 1):85-90; doi:10.1093/eurpub/13.suppl_1.85
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European Emergency Data Project (EED Project)

EMS data-based Health Surveillance System

Thomas Krafft1,*, Luis García Castrillo-Riesgo2, Steve Edwards3, Matthias Fischer4, Jerry Overton5, Iain Robertson-Steel3 and Anke König1

1 Universität München, Deutschland 2 Universidad de Cantabria, Departamento de Ciencias Medicas y Quirúrgicas, Facultad de Medicina, España 3 West Midlands Ambulance Services – NHS Trust, Birmingham, UK 4 Klinik und Poliklinik für Anästhesiologie und Spezielle Intensivmedizin, Universität Bonn, Deutschland 5 Richmond Ambulance Authority, Richmond, VA, USA

Emergency Medical Services (EMS) constitute a unique component of health care at the interface between primary and hospital care. EMS data within the pre-hospital setting represents an unparalleled source of epidemiological and health care information that have so far been neglected for public health monitoring. The European Emergency Data Project (EED Project) thus intends to identify common indicators for European EMS systems and to evaluate their suitability for integration into a comprehensive public health monitoring strategy. The article provides a brief overview on objectives and methodology in the form of a progress report.

Keywords: Emergency Medical Services (EMS), health monitoring, European perspective, indicators

* Correspondence: Dr. Thomas Krafft, Arbeitsgruppe GEOMED, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Department für Geo- und Umweltwissenschaften, Luisenstraße 37, 80333 München, Deutschland, tel. +49 89 2180 6592, fax +49 89 2180 6675


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