The Journal of the Association of Physicians of India
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J Assoc Physicians India · Jul 2007
Identifying the need for pre-hospital and emergency care in the developing world: a case study in Chennai, India.
Increasing industrialization in the developing world has contributed to an epidemiological transition in disease pattern from infectious disease as a primary cause of morbidity and mortality, to more chronic illness such as heart disease and trauma. This study was done in order to assess the effectiveness of pre-hospital and emergency care as the health care needs of the population changes and to make recommendations to meet the growing need for organized emergency services in that community. ⋯ As developing countries begin to urbanize and grow, so do their health care needs. The current system does not meet the needs of increased mortality from trauma and cardiovascular disease. We have suggested necessary changes for establishment of emergency medical services to meet the evolving health care needs.