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Walk-ins seeking treatment at an emergency department or general practitioner out-of-hours service: a cross-sectional comparison

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Title
Walk-ins seeking treatment at an emergency department or general practitioner out-of-hours service: a cross-sectional comparison
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BMC Health Services Research, May 2011
DOI 10.1186/1472-6963-11-94
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Corinne Chmiel, Carola A Huber, Thomas Rosemann, Marco Zoller, Klaus Eichler, Patrick Sidler, Oliver Senn

Abstract

Emergency Departments (ED) in Switzerland are faced with increasing numbers of patients seeking non-urgent treatment. The high rate of walks-ins with conditions that may be treated in primary care has led to suggestions that those patients would best cared for in a community setting rather than in a hospital. Efficient reorganisation of emergency care tailored to patients needs requires information on the patient populations using the various emergency services currently available. The aim of this study is to evaluate the differences between the characteristics of walk-in patients seeking treatment at an ED and those of patients who use traditional out-of-hours GP (General Practitioner) services provided by a GP-Cooperative (GP-C).

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Italy 1 <1%
Unknown 100 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 18 18%
Student > Master 18 18%
Student > Bachelor 7 7%
Other 6 6%
Student > Ph. D. Student 6 6%
Other 23 23%
Unknown 23 23%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 49 49%
Nursing and Health Professions 6 6%
Social Sciences 5 5%
Unspecified 2 2%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 2%
Other 9 9%
Unknown 28 28%
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