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Table 4 Performance indicators for the current and optimized locations

From: Coverage versus response time objectives in ambulance location

Indicator

Current locations (June 2017)

MEXCLP-pMP

pMP

Hierarchical pMP

Response time for all patients (min)

11.52

(11.50; 11.54)

10.75

(10.73; 10.77)

10.56

(10.55; 10.57)

10.55

(10.52; 10.58)

% of calls responded to within 15 min

75.26

79.97

80.28

80.33

Number of municipalities with the average response time longer than 15 min

868

676

600

601

Response time for high-priority patients (min)

11.37

(11.34; 11.40)

10.62

(10.59; 10.65)

10.48

(10.45; 10.52)

10.44

(10.40; 10.49)

% of high-priority calls responded to within 8 min

38.84

43.75

44.23

44.36

Average ambulance workload (%)

31.98

31.89

31.84

31.78

Coefficient of variation of ambulance workload

0.29

0.24

0.24

0.24