Table 2 Differences between 2013 and 2022
Year | Overall | Catchment area | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Corresponding to the four hospitals with emergency departments in the region | |||||||||||
East | North | South | West | ||||||||
Emergency ambulance dispatches, total | 2013 | 56 809 | 13 659 | 14 870 | 13 096 | 15 184 | |||||
2022 | 81 048 | 143% | 20 783 | 152% | 20 619 | 139% | 18 029 | 138% | 21 617 | 142% | |
Emergency ambulance dispatches, priority A | 2013 | 34 300 | 8 263 | 8 866 | 8 059 | 9 112 | |||||
2022 | 42 488 | 124% | 11 027 | 133% | 10 844 | 122% | 9 369 | 116% | 11 248 | 123% | |
Emergency ambulance dispatches, priority B | 2013 | 22 509 | 5 396 | 6 004 | 5 037 | 6 072 | |||||
2022 | 38 560 | 171% | 9 756 | 181% | 9 775 | 163% | 8 660 | 172% | 10 369 | 171% | |
Ambulance dispatches, priority C | 2013 | 17 751 | 4 154 | 4 438 | 3 901 | 5 258 | |||||
2022 | 6 794 | 38% | 1 604 | 37% | 1 710 | 37% | 1 598 | 41% | 1 882 | 36% | |
Ambulance dispatches, priority D | 2013 | 2 394 | 474 | 615 | 472 | 833 | |||||
2022 | 3 178 | 133% | 754 | 159% | 782 | 127% | 891 | 189% | 751 | 90% | |
Total ambulance dispatches, priority A-B-C-D | 2013 | 76 954 | 18 287 | 19 923 | 17 469 | 21 275 | |||||
2022 | 91 020 | 118% | 23 141 | 127% | 23 111 | 116% | 20 518 | 117% | 24 250 | 114% | |
Emergency ambulance dispatch rate per 1000 residents per year, total | 2013 | 69.1 | 58.4 | 70.5 | 84.6 | 70.6 | |||||
2022 | 95.4 | 83.4 | 92.7 | 120.7 | 97.8 | ||||||
Emergency ambulance dispatch rate per 1000 residents per year, priority A | 2013 | 41.7 | 35.3 | 42.1 | 52.1 | 42.4 | |||||
2022 | 50.0 | 44.3 | 48.7 | 62.7 | 50.9 | ||||||
Emergency ambulance dispatch rate per 1000 residents per year, priority B | 2013 | 27.4 | 23.1 | 28.5 | 32.5 | 28.2 | |||||
2022 | 45.4 | 39.2 | 43.9 | 58.0 | 46.9 | ||||||
Patients aged ≥ 65 years, | 2013 | 45.7% | 46.7% | 47.0% | 46.3% | 42.9% | |||||
% of total emergency dispatches | |||||||||||
2022 | 51.4% | 51.0% | 51.3% | 54.4% | 49.5% | ||||||
Patients with severe comorbidity (CCI ≥ 3) | 2014 | 34.0% | 31.8% | 33.3% | 36.3% | 35.0% | |||||
% of total emergency dispatches | 2022 | 47.4% | 46.1% | 44.7% | 51.9% | 47.6% | |||||
Residents aged ≥ 65 years in Region Zealand | 2013 | 20.0% | 18.5% | 19.5% | 24.0% | 19.4% | |||||
2022 | 23.4% | 21.3% | 23.0% | 28.6% | 22.9% | ||||||