Patterns of attendances to the hospital emergency eye care service: a multicentre study in England.

ABSTRACT:

Background/objectives

To characterise the patterns of presentation and diagnostic frequencies in Hospital Emergency Eye Care Services (HEECS) across 13 hospitals in England.

Methods

Retrospective, cross-sectional, observational multi-centre (n = 13) study to assess HEECS attendances over a 28-day study period. Data derived included: number of consecutive attendances, patient demographics and diagnoses. Age and gender variations, the impact of day of the week on attendance patterns, diagnostic frequencies and estimates of the annual incidence and attendance rates were evaluated.

Results

A total of 17,667 patient (mean ± standard deviation age = 49.6 ± 21.8 years) attendances were identified with an estimated HEECS annual new attendance rate of 31.0 per 1,000 population

SUBMITTER: De Silva I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8629695 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature