Number	23792
Subject	Ambulances
Source	WJW-TV (Cleveland)
State	OH
Year	2007
Publication Date	11/13/2007; 11/14/2007; 11/17/2007; 11/27/2007; 11/28/2007
Summary	An analysis of the public records database found that Cleveland residents were calling 911 to be picked up by Emergency Medical Service ambulances for minor ailments. This is because dispatchers can't say no. The result is that response times are slow and the transportation is a high cost for the city.
Category	Contest Entry
Pages	28
Keywords	transportation; emergency medical services; Medicaid; Medicare; Metrohealth Medical Center; Cleveland; ambulance; 911; database; health; medicine;
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