Nonurgent patients in the emergency department? A French formula to prevent misuse
Open Access
- 15 March 2010
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in BMC Health Services Research
- Vol. 10 (1) , 66
Abstract
Overcrowding in emergency department (EDs) is partly due to the use of EDs by nonurgent patients. In France, the authorities responded to the problem by creating primary care units (PCUs): alternative structures located near hospitals. The aims of the study were to assess the willingness of nonurgent patients to be reoriented to a PCU and to collect the reasons that prompted them to accept or refuse.Keywords
This publication has 20 references indexed in Scilit:
- Les maisons médicales de garde en FranceSanté Publique, 2005
- Nonurgent Emergency Department Patient Characteristics and Barriers to Primary CareAcademic Emergency Medicine, 2004
- Nonurgent Emergency Department Patient Characteristics and Barriers to Primary CareAcademic Emergency Medicine, 2004
- Attitudes et comportement des usagers face à une urgence réelle ou ressentieSanté Publique, 2004
- Comportements de consommation de soinsLa Presse Médicale, 2004
- Non-urgent care in the hospital medical emergency department in France: how much and which health needs does it reflect?Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 1996
- Primary care and public emergency department overcrowding.American Journal of Public Health, 1993
- Psychosocial factors influencing non-urgent use of the emergency room: A review of the literature and recommendations for research and improved service deliverySocial Science & Medicine, 1992
- Inappropriate emergency department visitsAnnals of Emergency Medicine, 1985
- What is an emergency? Depends on whom you askJournal of the American College of Emergency Physicians, 1979