Editing Ambulance (section)

==Costs==
[[File:American Medical Response AMR Ford Transit Ambulance (52794460376).jpg|thumb|A [[Ford Transit]] ambulance operated by [[American Medical Response]], a privately funded service operating in parts of the United States]]
[[File:Mercedes Sprinter 2023.jpg|thumb|A [[Mercedes-Benz Sprinter]] ambulance operated by [[Wellington Free Ambulance]], a charity-funded service in [[Wellington]], [[New Zealand]]]]
In the United States, the cost of an ambulance ride may be paid for from several sources, and this will depend on the local situation type of service being provided, by whom, and to whom.
* '''Government-funded service''' – The full or the majority of the cost of transport by ambulance is borne by the local, regional, or national government (through their normal taxation).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.health.gov.on.ca/english/public/pub/ohip/amb.html|title=OHIP:Ambulance Services Billing|publisher=Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care|access-date=19 November 2009}}</ref>
* '''Privately funded service''' – Transport by ambulance is paid for by the patient themselves, or through their insurance company. This may be at the point of care (i.e. payment or guarantee must be made before treatment or transport), although this may be an issue with critically injured patients, unable to provide such details, or via a system of billing later on.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amr.net/Patients-and-Family-Members/Payment-Policy.aspx|title=Payment Policy|publisher=American Medical Response|access-date=19 November 2009|archive-date=5 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110705060624/http://amr.net/Patients-and-Family-Members/Payment-Policy.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* '''Charity-funded service''' – Transport by ambulance may be provided free of charge to patients by a charity, although donations may be sought for services received.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yorkshireairambulance.org.uk/|title=Yorkshire Air Ambulance Charity|access-date=19 November 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091125202654/http://www.yorkshireairambulance.org.uk/| archive-date= 25 November 2009 | url-status= live}}</ref>
* '''Hospital-funded service''' – Hospitals may provide the ambulance transport free of charge, on the condition that patients use the hospital's services (which they may have to pay for).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://vic.pvhs.org/portal/page?_pageid=333,429645&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL&pagid=108|title=Ambulance Services|access-date=19 November 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071025072438/https://vic.pvhs.org/portal/page?_pageid=333%2C429645&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL&pagid=108|archive-date=25 October 2007}}</ref>