Primary care access to radiology: Characteristics of trauma patients referred to the emergency department.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale, aims and objectives

Low-urgent Emergency Department (ED) attendances are a known contributing factor to ED crowding. In the Netherlands, general practitioners (GPs) have direct access to radiology facilities during office hours. Patients with radiographically confirmed traumatic injuries are subsequently referred to the ED. We analysed these ED trauma patients' characteristics, provided treatments and ED discharge diagnoses to identify the possibility of alternative care pathways.

Methods

Single-centre retrospective observational study of trauma patients referred to the ED by the radiology department during office hours (January 2017-December 2017). Data were obtained from patient records. Descriptive statistics were used to analyse the extracted data.

Results<

SUBMITTER: Kusters RWJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10084186 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature