Study: People May Be Choosing Uber Rides Over Ambulances

BALTIMORE (WJZ) —A new study appears to show that people who need to get to the hospital are increasingly choosing Uber rides instead of ambulances.
The study was conducted by David Slusky, an assistant professor of economics at the University of Kansas, and Dr. Leon Moskatel, an internist at Scripps Mercy Hospital in San Diego.
They examined ambulance usage rates in more than 750 U.S. cities nationwide, specifically between the years 2013 and 2015, when UberX was introduced in those marke