Innovations to reduce demand and crowding in emergency care; a review study
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Emergency Department demand continues to rise in almost all high-income countries, including those with universal coverage and a strong primary care network. Many of these countries have been experimenting with innovative methods to stem demand for acute care, while at the same time providing much needed services that can prevent Emergency Department attendance and later hospital admissions. A large proportion of patients comprise of those with minor illnesses that could potentially be seen by a health care provider in a primary care setting. The increasing number of visits to Emergency Departments not only causes delay in urgent care provision but also increases the overall cost. In the UK, the National Health Service (NHS) has made a number of efforts to strengthen primary healthcare services to increase accessibility to healthcare as well as address patients’ needs by introducing new urgent care services. In this review, we describe efforts that have been ongoing in the UK and France for over a decade as well as specific programs to target the rising needs of emergency care in both England and France. Like many such programs, there have been successes, failures and unintended consequences. Thus, the urgent care system of other high-income countries can learn from these experiments.Version
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Mason S, Mountain G, Turner J et al (2014) Innovations to reduce demand and crowding in emergency care; a review study. Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine. 22(1): 55.Link to Version of Record
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13049-014-0055-1Type
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https://doi.org/10.1186/s13049-014-0055-1