Investigation of the demand for a 7-day (extended access) primary care service: an observational study from pilot schemes in England.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVES:To understand how the uptake of an extended primary care service in the evenings and weekend varied by day of week and over time. Secondary objectives were to understand patient demographics of users of the service and how these varied by type of appointment and to core hour users. DESIGN:Observational study. SETTING:Primary care extended access appointments data in 13 centres in Greater Manchester, England, during 2016. PARTICIPANTS:Appointments could be booked by 1 261 326 patients registered with a family practitioner in five Clinical Commissioning Group geographic areas. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES:Primary outcome measure was whether an appointment was used (booked and attended), secondary outcome measures included whether used appointments were prebooked or booked the same day, a

SUBMITTER: Whittaker W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6731947 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature