Community Paramedicine Program in Social Housing and Health Service Utilization
Gina Agarwal,
Melissa Pirrie,
Ricardo Angeles
et al.
Abstract:ImportanceCommunity Paramedicine at Clinic (CP@clinic) is a chronic disease prevention program that decreases 911 calls for emergency medical services, but its wider system effects are unknown.ObjectiveTo evaluate the effects of CP@clinic vs usual care on individual-level health service utilization outcomes.Design, Setting, and ParticipantsThis open-label, pragmatic cluster randomized clinical trial evaluated all residents 55 years or older in 30 social housing buildings in Ontario, Canada, that had (1) a uniq… Show more
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