Strength in the gap: A rapid review of principles and practices for urgent care centres.

ABSTRACT: Responding to a provincial government decision to develop two Urgent Care Centres (UCCs) in Saskatchewan, we undertook a rapid review of published literature with the objective of determining best practices for their creation and functioning. Two English-limited PubMed database searches combining "after-hours care," "ambulatory care," "emergency medicine," "urgent care," "minor emergency," "walk-in," and "Canada" over the past 10 years were the sources of articles for our review. Articles were independently reviewed by two authors and synthesized collaboratively. From 833 articles, 44 were utilized in the review. Six considerations in the following areas were subsequently outlined: expected impact, preferred location, healthcare services collaboration, available services, staffing prioriti

SUBMITTER: Benjamin P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9976643 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature