Treatment of ambulant patients by a general practitioner within a university hospital's emergency department - follow-up study of patients' behaviour shortly afterwards.

ABSTRACT: Aims: Hospital emergency departments (ED) face an increasing number of outpatient cases. Therefore, Hannover Medical School employs general practitioners for the treatment of walk-in patients within the ED. Up to now, little has been reported on how these patients behave after treatment in the ED. This study aims to assess these patients' behaviour after attending the ED, to find out how many patients consult a physician subsequently, and to explore patients' utilisation of health care in case of similar health problems. Methods: For this follow-up study, patients treated at Hannover Medical School's ED during daytime (Monday - Friday) by a general practitioner (GP) within a period of six weeks in 2016 were subsequently followed up by phone interviews 10-15 days after their c

SUBMITTER: Krause O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6044226 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature