Barss P, Blackford C
P N G Med J. 1983 Sep-Dec;26(3-4):198-202.
Light aircraft can be valuable for transfer of emergency patients from remote island health centres to a central hospital. A two-year experience of 92 such flights in Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea was reviewed. 50% of air charter evacuations were for obstetric or gynaecological patients, 35% for surgical, and 15% for medical cases. 63 of the patients might have died and another nine might have been left with a serious disability without the emergency air transfer. The average cost per life saved was approximately Kina 461 (360 pounds; US$520) and the average cost of providing the emergency service per head of population per year was about Kina 0.10 (0.08 pounds; US$0.12).
轻型飞机对于将急诊患者从偏远岛屿医疗中心转运至中心医院可能很有价值。对巴布亚新几内亚米尔恩湾省92次此类飞行的两年经验进行了回顾。包机撤离的患者中，50%为产科或妇科患者，35%为外科患者，15%为内科患者。若没有紧急空中转运，63名患者可能已经死亡，另有9名患者可能会留下严重残疾。平均每挽救一条生命的成本约为461基那（360英镑；520美元），每年为每人提供紧急服务的平均成本约为0.10基那（0.08英镑；0.12美元）。
