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Air ambulance services are an essential part of emergency medical response, playing a crucial role in quickly transporting seriously ill or injured patients to medical emergency locations. This essay seeks to offer a thorough insight into air ambulance services by examining their definition, significance in trauma care, and the complex economic and personal financial factors linked to these life-saving interventions.

## What Are Air Ambulances?
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This figure displays a version of an air ambulance maintained by MedCenter Air.
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Addressing the pricing and billing challenges is crucial for making air ambulance services more economically sustainable. You might expect a standard supply and demand curve as in many industries (@Figure_2), though Goldbeck and Mahoney [@goldbeck] represent the actual vertical demand curve in the air ambulance industry (@Figure_3).

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This figure displays an ideal supply and demand curve for the air ambulance market [@goldbeck]. As the supply of air ambulances increases, the price should, in theory, decrease
with more ambulances.
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This figure displays the actual supply and demand curve for the air ambulance market [@goldbeck]. As the supply of air ambulances increases, the price remains unaffected as the demand is not dependent on the number of air ambulance services. Please note this is a simplification of the actual market conditions
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The financial burden on patients and insurance providers is a critical aspect of the economic impact. The high median cost of 36,000 dollars per trip poses a significant financial challenge for individuals requiring air ambulance services. Moreover, the concentration of market power among a relatively small number of firms exacerbates the financial strain on consumers.

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This figure displays the air ambulance service territories throughout North Carolina in 2023.
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