Community trial to decrease ambulance diversion hours: The San Diego county patient destination trial Gary M. Vilke, MD, Edward M. Castillo, PhD, MPH,

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Community trial to decrease ambulance diversion hours: The San Diego county patient destination trial Gary M. Vilke, MD, Edward M. Castillo, PhD, MPH, Marcelyn A. Metz, RN, Leslie Upledger Ray, MA, MPPA, Patricia A. Murrin, RN, MPH, Roneet Lev, MD, Theodore C. Chan, MD Annals of Emergency Medicine Volume 44, Issue 4, Pages 295-303 (October 2004) DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2004.05.002 Copyright © 2004 American College of Emergency Physicians Terms and Conditions

Figure 2 Countywide total ambulance diversion hours for the 3 periods studied; San Diego County, CA, October 2001 through September 2003. Annals of Emergency Medicine 2004 44, 295-303DOI: (10.1016/j.annemergmed.2004.05.002) Copyright © 2004 American College of Emergency Physicians Terms and Conditions

Figure 3 Ambulance patients who made ED requests but who could not reach the requested ED because of diversion status for the study periods; San Diego County, CA, October 2001 through September 2003. Annals of Emergency Medicine 2004 44, 295-303DOI: (10.1016/j.annemergmed.2004.05.002) Copyright © 2004 American College of Emergency Physicians Terms and Conditions