Urgent Care Centre Eligible Presentations in a Remote Emergency Department.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aimed to identify presentations to the Alice Springs Emergency Department that could be managed in an Urgent Care Centre (UCC).

Methods

We reviewed 1 year of ED presentation data at Alice Springs Hospital (ASH) from August 2022 to August 2023 and used a sequence of exclusion criteria to identify patients most likely to be eligible for UCC management.

Results

Our model indicated that 35.0% of ED presentations at ASH during this period could have been managed in a UCC. Only 41.5% of these presentations (14.5% of total presentations) occurred during UCC operating hours.

Conclusions

According to this model, a significant proportion of ED presentations could potentially be managed in a UCC, although a large proportion of these occurred outside o

SUBMITTER: Johnstone J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12418158 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature