The role of urgent care centers in headache management: a quality improvement project.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients with headache often seek urgent medical care to treat pain and associated symptoms that do not respond to therapeutic options at home. Urgent Cares (UCs) may be suitable for the evaluation and treatment of such patients but there is little data on how headache is evaluated in UC settings and what types of treatments are available. We conducted a study to evaluate the types of care available for patients with headache presenting to UCs.

Design

Cross-Sectional.

Methods

Headache specialists across the United States contacted UCs to collect data on a questionnaire. Questions asked about UC staffing (e.g. number and backgrounds of staff, hours of operation), average length of UC visits for headache, treatments and tests available for patients presenting

SUBMITTER: Minen MT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8822636 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature