Community paramedicine is growing in impact and potential

Affiliations

¹ County of Renfrew (M. Nolan, K. Nolan), Renfrew, Ont.; Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Department of Medicine (Sinha), Sinai Health System and University Health Network; Department of Medicine (Sinha); Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (Sinha), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. MNolan@countyofrenfrew.on.ca.
² County of Renfrew (M. Nolan, K. Nolan), Renfrew, Ont.; Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Department of Medicine (Sinha), Sinai Health System and University Health Network; Department of Medicine (Sinha); Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (Sinha), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.

Michael J Nolan et al. CMAJ. 2018.

. 2018 May 28;190(21):E636-E637.

doi: 10.1503/cmaj.180642.

¹ County of Renfrew (M. Nolan, K. Nolan), Renfrew, Ont.; Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Department of Medicine (Sinha), Sinai Health System and University Health Network; Department of Medicine (Sinha); Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (Sinha), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. MNolan@countyofrenfrew.on.ca.
² County of Renfrew (M. Nolan, K. Nolan), Renfrew, Ont.; Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Department of Medicine (Sinha), Sinai Health System and University Health Network; Department of Medicine (Sinha); Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (Sinha), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.

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Competing interests: None declared.

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