Development of indicators for avoidable emergency medical service calls by mapping paramedic clinical impression codes to ambulatory care sensitive conditions and mental health conditions in the UK and Canada.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Paramedic assessment data have not been used for research on avoidable calls. Paramedic impression codes are designated by paramedics on responding to a 911/999 medical emergency after an assessment of the presenting condition. Ambulatory care sensitive conditions (ACSCs) are non-acute health conditions not needing hospital admission when properly managed. This study aimed to map the paramedic impression codes to ACSCs and mental health conditions for use in future research on avoidable 911/999 calls.

Design

Mapping paramedic impression codes to existing definitions of ACSCs and mental health conditions.

Setting

East Midlands Region, UK and Southern Ontario, Canada.

Participants

Expert panel from the UK-Canada Emergency Calls Data analysis and GEospat

SUBMITTER: Agarwal G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10729076 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature