Development of the PriCARE classification for potentially preventable emergency department visits by ambulance: a RAND/UCLA modified Delphi study protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Ontario ambulances are restricted from patient transportation to sub-acute levels of care when these facilities may be more suitable than emergency departments for non-emergent conditions. There is no known patient classification specifically constructed to inform ED diversion protocols and guidance for sub-acute centre transportation for primary care-like patient conditions.

Objective

To construct a novel patient classification of potentially preventable emergency department visits following transport by ambulance, and analyse patient-level characteristic associations with this classification based in Ontario secondary data.

Methods and analysis

The Primary Care-like Ambulance transports following Response for 911-Emergencies (PriCARE) patient classifica

SUBMITTER: Strum RP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7818828 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature