ArticleBMC emergency medicine2017
Reasons for encounter by different levels of urgency in out-of-hours emergency primary health care in Norway: a cross sectional study.
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- Areas of consensus on unwarranted and warranted transfers between nursing homes and emergency care facilities in Norway: a Delphi study.BMC health services research · 2024Article
- Investigating the leading reasons for primary health care encounters and its implications for health care in Trinidad and Tobago. A systematic review.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2022Review
- Age-related differences in motives for contacting out-of-hours primary care: a cross-sectional questionnaire study in Denmark.Scandinavian journal of primary health care · 2020Article
- Contact characteristics and factors associated with the degree of urgency among older people in emergency primary health care: a cross-sectional study.BMC health services research · 2020Article
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- Cross-sectional study in an out-of-hours primary care centre in northwestern Germany - patient characteristics and the urgency of their treatment.BMC family practice · 2019Article
- Statistical complexity of reasons for encounter in high users of out of hours primary care: analysis of a national service.BMC health services research · 2019Article
- Telephone counselling by nurses in Norwegian primary care out-of-hours services: a cross-sectional study.BMC family practice · 2017Article
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Abstract
backgroundFrequencies of reasons for encounter (RFEs) in emergency primary care out-of-hours (OOH) services are relevant for planning of capacities as well as to target the training of staff at casualty clinics. We aimed to present frequencies of RFEs in the different organ systems, and to identify the most frequent RFEs at different urgency levels.
methodsWe analyzed data on RFEs in Norwegian OOH services. International Classification of Primary Care (ICPC-2) RFE codes were recorded in all contacts to eight representative OOH casualty clinics in 2014 and 2015 covering 20 municipalities with a total population of 260 196. Frequencies of each ICPC-2 chapters and groups of ICPC-2 codes were calculated at different urgency levels.
resultsMusculoskeletal, respiratory, skin, digestive and general and unspecified issues were the most frequent RFE groups. Fever was the most frequent single ICPC-2 RFE code, but was less common among the most urgent cases. Abdominal pain was the most common RFE in patients with yellow urgency level (urgent), and chest pain dominated the potentially red (potentially life threatening) cases. There was less variation in the use of ICPC-2 with increasing urgency level.
conclusionsThis study identifies important differences in RFEs between urgency levels in the Norwegian OOH services. The findings provide new insight into the function of the primary health care emergency services in the Norwegian health care system, and should have implications for staffing, training and equipment in the OOH services.
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