Emergency nurse practitioners: a three part study in clinical and cost effectiveness.

ABSTRACT: AIMS:To compare the clinical effectiveness and costs of minor injury services provided by nurse practitioners with minor injury care provided by an accident and emergency (A&E) department. METHODS:A three part prospective study in a city where an A&E department was closing and being replaced by a nurse led minor injury unit (MIU). The first part of the study took a sample of patients attending the A&E department. The second part of the study was a sample of patients from a nurse led MIU that had replaced the A&E department. In each of these samples the clinical effectiveness was judged by comparing the "gold standard" of a research assessment with the clinical assessment. Primary outcome measures were the number of errors in clinical assessment, treatment, and disposal. The third part of t

SUBMITTER: Sakr M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1726060 | biostudies-literature | 2003 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature