Position within the hospital and role in the emergency department of emergency physicians in the Netherlands: a national survey.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVES:Emergency medicine (EM) in the Netherlands has developed rapidly and initially without central guidance. This has led to heterogeneity in current EM practice. Our aim was to quantify this heterogeneity by answering the following questions: (1) What is the current position of emergency physicians (EPs) within hospital organizations? (2) Which roles and responsibilities do EPs have across emergency departments (EDs)? METHODS:During 2018, we conducted a survey among all EM consultant bodies (CBs, n = 56) in the Netherlands. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics. RESULTS:The response rate was 91.1%. Presence of EPs has been realized 24/7 in 23.1% of EDs. EPs were the main consultants for all ED patients in 9.8% of CBs, but never had this role in 13.7% of CBs. EPs supervised

SUBMITTER: Coppes S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7011557 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature