Cost‐Effectiveness of Prehospital Ambulance Helicopter Transportation of Patients With Presumed Stroke in the Era of Mechanical Thrombectomy
This study demonstrates the cost-effectiveness of ambulance helicopters as a complementary mode of transportation to road ambulances. The most cost-effective solution of complementary ambulance helicopters comprises 13 optimally located heliports across Sweden.
Authors
- Tobias Andersson Granberg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5868-2388)
- Lars‐Åke Levin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2581-4863)
- Nicklas Ennab Vogel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1715-8862)
- Per Wester (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0394-5096)
Institutions
- Linköping University (SE)
- Karolinska Institutet (SE)
- Umeå University (SE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Stroke Vascular and Interventional Neurology
- Published
- 2024-08-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1161/svin.124.001343
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Acute Ischemic Stroke Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.39