Austin EMS Monthly Patient Transports to 21 Hospital Destinations

21 system-approved receiving facilities in the Austin area are tracked, including Cedar Park Regional Medical Center and Dell Children's Medical Center. The City of Austin provides monthly counts of patient transports to each facility, with a destination category for 'Other/Missing' data. Row and column counts are unknown.

Use Cases

• Analyze monthly transport volume trends for specific facilities like University Medical Center Brackenridge or Dell Seton Medical Center at UT.
• Model seasonal patterns in EMS demand by correlating transport counts with facility types such as children's hospitals or emergency centers.
• Identify reporting anomalies by examining the proportion of transports classified as 'Other/Missing' destination over time.
• Assess the impact of facility changes, such as the May 2017 opening of Dell Seton Medical Center at UT, on transport distributions.

Strengths

• Covers 21 distinct hospital and medical center destinations within a defined system.
• Includes a specific 'Other/Missing' category to account for data quality issues.
• Provides documented context for facility changes, like the replacement of University Medical Center Brackenridge in May 2017.

Limitations

• Sample data and schema (columns) are unavailable, preventing assessment of data structure.
• The total number of records (rows) and temporal coverage are unknown.
• Data may be incomplete for transports to facilities outside the listed 21 approved destinations.

Provenance

Source

City of Austin.

Collection Method

Administrative records from Emergency Medical Services (EMS) transport operations.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated March 2026.

Geography

Austin and Travis County, Texas, USA.