diff --git a/papers/morganton-2024-langbo/article.md b/papers/morganton-2024-langbo/article.md index c941614..9211861 100644 --- a/papers/morganton-2024-langbo/article.md +++ b/papers/morganton-2024-langbo/article.md @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ abstract: | 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? -```{figure} images/Figure1.jpg +```{figure} images/figure01.png :label: Figure_1 This figure displays a version of an air ambulance maintained by MedCenter Air. @@ -61,14 +61,14 @@ The market concentration by notably few firms and the lack of insurance incentiv 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). -```{figure} images/Figure2.jpg +```{figure} images/figure02.png :label: Figure_2 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. ``` -```{figure} images/Figure3.jpg +```{figure} images/figure03.jpeg :label: Figure_3 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 @@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ Examining the broader healthcare system, @ltd_air_2023 points out that trauma, s 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. -```{figure} images/Figure4.jpg +```{figure} images/figure04.png :label: Figure_4 This figure displays the air ambulance service territories throughout North Carolina in 2023. diff --git a/papers/morganton-2024-langbo/images/Figure1.jpg b/papers/morganton-2024-langbo/images/Figure1.jpg deleted file mode 100644 index 014d01f..0000000 Binary files a/papers/morganton-2024-langbo/images/Figure1.jpg and /dev/null differ diff --git a/papers/morganton-2024-langbo/images/Figure2.jpg b/papers/morganton-2024-langbo/images/Figure2.jpg deleted file mode 100644 index 57e3682..0000000 Binary files a/papers/morganton-2024-langbo/images/Figure2.jpg and /dev/null differ diff --git a/papers/morganton-2024-langbo/images/Figure3.jpg b/papers/morganton-2024-langbo/images/Figure3.jpg deleted file mode 100644 index 71e0ace..0000000 Binary files a/papers/morganton-2024-langbo/images/Figure3.jpg and /dev/null differ diff --git a/papers/morganton-2024-langbo/images/Figure4.jpg b/papers/morganton-2024-langbo/images/Figure4.jpg deleted file mode 100644 index b7ea6dc..0000000 Binary files a/papers/morganton-2024-langbo/images/Figure4.jpg and /dev/null differ diff --git a/papers/morganton-2024-langbo/images/figure01.png b/papers/morganton-2024-langbo/images/figure01.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a6d4892 Binary files /dev/null and b/papers/morganton-2024-langbo/images/figure01.png differ diff --git a/papers/morganton-2024-langbo/images/figure02.png b/papers/morganton-2024-langbo/images/figure02.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f30eaff Binary files /dev/null and b/papers/morganton-2024-langbo/images/figure02.png differ diff --git a/papers/morganton-2024-langbo/images/figure03.jpeg b/papers/morganton-2024-langbo/images/figure03.jpeg new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4928d4f Binary files /dev/null and b/papers/morganton-2024-langbo/images/figure03.jpeg differ diff --git a/papers/morganton-2024-langbo/images/figure04.png b/papers/morganton-2024-langbo/images/figure04.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8363b30 Binary files /dev/null and b/papers/morganton-2024-langbo/images/figure04.png differ