Research Article
A Sustainable Ambulance Operation Model in a Low-Resource Country (the Democratic Republic of Congo)
Table 3
The estimated costs for emergency ambulance services (Units: frequency, USD).
| Item | Group | N | Mean | SD | F- or χ2 | p-value |
| Field-to-hospital ambulance service | Patients | 19 | 26.63 | 20.13 | 21.537 | 0.001×× | Policemen | 20 | 37.00 | 33.73 | Hospital staff | 63 | 60.40 | 31.00 | Ambulance personnel | 30 | 54.50 | 27.05 |
| Hospital-to-hospital ambulance service | Patients | 19 | 31.53 | 24.80 | 34.703 | 0.001×× | Policemen | 20 | 49.50 | 25.64 | Hospital staff | 63 | 76.83 | 23.27 | Ambulance personnel | 31 | 66.61 | 32.80 |
| Home-visiting medical service | Patients | 19 | 5.32 | 2.96 | 73.213 | 0.001×× | Policemen | 20 | 35.10 | 32.95 | Hospital staff | 63 | 60.63 | 12.30 | Ambulance personnel | 31 | 86.77 | 21.66 |
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<0.05, ××p<0.001. Data are frequency (rate) and the mean± S.D. P values are for Χ 2, t test as appropriate. |