A Sustainable Ambulance Operation Model in a Low-Resource Country (the Democratic Republic of Congo)

Table 2

Emergency ambulance services costs (units: frequency, %).

Targeted service personnel (group)	Field-to-hospital transporting service	Hospital-to-hospital transporting service	Home-visiting-medical service	Total	p-value
Patients	3(18.8)	1(6.3)	12(75.0)	16(100)	0.011
Policemen	8(40.0)	2(10.0)	10(50.0)	20(100)	0.011
Hospital staff	20(31.7)	19(20.2)	24(38.1)	63(100)	0.011
Ambulance personnel	10(35.7)	12(42.9)	6(21.4)	28(100)	0.011
Total	41(32.3)	34(26.8)	52(40.9)	127(100)	0.011

<0.05, ^××p<0.01.
Data are Frequency (rate) P-values are for Χ² as appropriate.