Search results for "After-hours care Primary health care"

showing 1 items of 1 documents

Role of out of hours primary care service in limiting inappropriate access to emergency department

2017

Out of hours (OOH) doctors can have an important gate-keeping role over the access to the emergency department (ED), but the outcome and the quality of their ED referrals have been poorly studied. We aimed to investigate the outcome of patients referred to ED from OOH service and the determinants of admission or short-stay dispositions. We collected retrospectively data about referrals to ED from a local OOH service in the north-east of Italy using the OOH paper register and the ED electronic database, over the period of 01/10/2012 to 31/03/2013. Out of 5217 patients accessing the OOH service, 408 referrals were included in our analysis. 45.3% (185) of the referrals were admitted to hospita…

AdultMalemedicine.medical_specialtyPalliative careAdolescentNational Health ProgramsReferralPsychological interventionPrimary careconsultation AppropriatenessAfter-hours care03 medical and health sciencesGate keeping0302 clinical medicineOut of hoursInternal MedicineHumansMedicineAppropriateness030212 general & internal medicineChildAgedRetrospective StudiesAfter-hours care; Appropriateness; Emergency service; Gate keeping; Primary health care; Referral and consultation; Internal Medicine; Emergency MedicinePrimary health careEmergency service Gate keeping Referral andService (business)business.industry030503 health policy & servicesReferral and consultationLimitingEmergency departmentMiddle AgedItalyChild PreschoolEmergency medicineEmergency MedicineAfter-hours care Primary health careFemaleEmergency Service Hospital0305 other medical sciencebusinessEmergency serviceInternal and Emergency Medicine
researchProduct