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Reasons for selecting hospital destinations by out-of-hospital providers among all injured patients transported by EMS (n = 56,444).
| Patient/family request | 29,461 (52.2%) |
| Proximity | 9,349 (16.6%) |
| Specialty hospital | 6,732 (11.9%) |
| Ambulance diversion | 2,688 (4.8%) |
| Physician choice/on-line medical control | 851 (1.5%) |
| Law enforcement | 313 (0.6%) |
| Other (HMO, protocol, supervisor) | 225 (0.4%) |
| Not reported | 6,825 (12.1%) |
