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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Prehosp Emerg Care. 2017 Jun 22;21(6):767–772. doi: 10.1080/10903127.2017.1321707

Figure. Non-transport rates for prehospital encounters for hypoglycemia.

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Figure caption (for details and variations of specific reporting):

Milwaukee, 1995: 412 of 571 (72%) 911 calls for hypoglycemia were successfully treated and subsequently refused transport.15

Ontario, Canada, 1999–2000: 68 of 100 patients (68%) refused transport.16

Detmold/East Westphalia, Germany, 1997–2000: 25% of 213 events were treated at the scene and not transported.17

Finland, 2001: 62 of 69 patients (90%) were left at the scene after treatment.18

Halifax, 2002: 145 of 220 (66%) EMS encounters were not transported.19

Olmsted County, Minnesota, 2003–2009: 368 of 914 (40%) patients were not transported.20

Victoria, Australia, 2009–2011: 62% of 12,411 hypoglycemia events not transported.21

East Midlands, UK, 2010–2011: 70% of 523 events were not transported.22

Yorkshire, UK, 2005–2013: 93% of 1,835 events were not transported.23

Alameda County, 2013–2015: 13.5% of encounters were not transported.

U.S. National EMS Information System (NEMSIS) (U.S., 2014–2016): 37% of 772,753 encounters were not transported.24