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Rural and Urban patients’ Requirements and Experiences of Out-of-hours medical care after cancer (RUREO): a questionnaire study [PDF]

BMJ Open, 2023
Objective To investigate how individuals diagnosed with cancer use out-of-hours (OOH) medical services, describe the behavioural determinants of OOH service use and explore whether there are differences between urban and rural dwellers.Design and setting
Peter Murchie, Rosalind Adam, Shona Fielding, Lisa Duncan, Wei Lynn Khor, Jillian Evans   +5 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Antibiotic Prescribing Trends in Belgian Out-of-Hours Primary Care during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Observational Study Using Routinely Collected Health Data

Antibiotics, 2021
Antibiotic overprescribing is one of the main drivers of the global and growing problem of antibiotic resistance, especially in primary care and for respiratory tract infections (RTIs). RTIs are the most common reason for patients to consult out-of-hours
Annelies Colliers, Jeroen De Man, Niels Adriaenssens, Veronique Verhoeven, Sibyl Anthierens, Hans De Loof, Hilde Philips, Samuel Coenen, Stefan Morreel   +8 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Development over time in point-of-care test use in Danish daytime and out-of-hours general practice: a register-based study

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care, 2023
Objective To describe the development over time of the use of C-reactive protein (CRP) and rapid streptococcal detection test (RADT) point-of-care tests (POCT) in Danish general practice and to explore associations between patient characteristics and ...
Niels Kjær, Malene Plejdrup Hansen, Henrik Schou Pedersen, Morten Bondo Christensen, Linda Huibers   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Reasons for acute referrals to hospital from general practitioners and out-of-hours doctors in Norway: a registry-based observational study

BMC Health Services Research, 2022
Background General practitioners (GPs) and out-of-hours (OOH) doctors are gatekeepers to acute hospital admissions in many healthcare systems. The aim of the present study was to investigate the whole range of reasons for acute referrals to somatic ...
Jesper Blinkenberg, Øystein Hetlevik, Hogne Sandvik, Valborg Baste, Steinar Hunskaar   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Impact of integrating out-of-hours services into Emergency Medical Services Copenhagen: a descriptive study of transformational years

International Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2022
Background Many emergency medical services and out-of-hours systems are facing an increasing demand for primary, ambulance, and secondary care services caused by population aging and a higher prevalence of long-term and complex conditions.
Nienke D. Zinger, Stig Nikolaj Blomberg, Freddy Lippert, Thomas Krafft, Helle Collatz Christensen   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effects of access to radiology in out-of-hours primary care on patient satisfaction and length of stay

European Journal of General Practice, 2021
Background Direct access to hospital radiology facilities by general practitioner (GP) cooperatives is known to decrease the number of emergency department referrals, but the effects on length of stay (LOS; time from patient arrival at GP cooperative ...
Martijn H. Rutten, Paul H. J. Giesen, Willem J. J. Assendelft, Gert Westert, Marleen Smits   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Variation of GP antibiotic prescribing tendency for contacts with out-of-hours primary care in Denmark – a cross-sectional register-based study

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care, 2022
Objective To study variation in antibiotic prescribing rates among general practitioners (GP) in out-of-hours (OOH) primary care and to explore GP characteristics associated with these rates.Design Population-based observational registry study using ...
Linda Huibers, Claus Høstrup Vestergaard, Ellen Keizer, Bodil Hammer Bech, Flemming Bro, Morten Bondo Christensen   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Acute care pathways for patients calling the out-of-hours services

BMC Health Services Research, 2020
Background In Western countries, patients with acute illness or injury out-of-hours (OOH) can call either emergency medical services (EMS) for emergencies or primary care services (OOH-PC) in less urgent situations. Callers initially choose which service
Morten Breinholt Søvsø, Linda Huibers, Bodil Hammer Bech, Helle Collatz Christensen, Morten Bondo Christensen, Erika Frischknecht Christensen   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Frequent attenders at primary care out-of-hours services: a registry-based observational study in Norway

BMC Health Services Research, 2018
Background Out-of-hours (OOH) services are often consulted for problems that are non-urgent. Some of these patients are frequent attenders (FAs) who may constitute a heavy burden on the OOH service.
Hogne Sandvik, Steinar Hunskaar
doaj   +1 more source

Impact of caller’s degree-of-worry on triage response in out-of-hours telephone consultations: a randomized controlled trial

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2019
Background Telephone triage entails assessment of urgency and direction of flow in out-of-hours (OOH) services, while visual cues are inherently lacking. Triage tools are recommended but current tools fail to provide systematic assessment of the caller’s
Hejdi Gamst-Jensen, Erika Frishknecht Christensen, Freddy Lippert, Fredrik Folke, Ingrid Egerod, Mikkel Brabrand, Janne Schurmann Tolstrup, Lau Caspar Thygesen, Linda Huibers   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source