PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to describe the characteristics of patients admitted to an out-of-hours (OOH) service and to analyze the related outputs. SETTING: A retrospective population-based cohort study was conducted by analyzing an electronic database recording 23,980 OOH service contacts in 2011 at a Local Health Authority in the Veneto Region (North-East Italy). METHOD: A multinomial logistic regression was used to compare the characteristics of contacts handled by the OOH physicians with cases referred to other services. RESULTS: OOH service contact rates were higher for the oldest and youngest age groups and for females rather than males. More than half of the contacts concerned patients who were seen by a OOH physician. More ...
Background Out of hours (OOH) doctors could manage many cases limiting the inappropriate accesses to...
Objective To synthesise international evidence for demand, use and outcomes of primary care out-of-h...
Objective To synthesise international evidence for demand, use and outcomes of primary care out-of-h...
PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to describe the characteristics of patients admitted to an out-o...
PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to describe the characteristics of patients admitted to an out-o...
Introduction The aim of this study was to describe the characteristics of patients admitted to an ...
Out of hours (OOH) doctors can have an important gate-keeping role over the access to the emergency ...
Out of hours (OOH) doctors can have an important gate-keeping role over the access to the emergency ...
BACKGROUND: A detailed description of the characteristics of frequent attenders (FAs) at primary ca...
BACKGROUND: A detailed description of the characteristics of frequent attenders (FAs) at primary car...
BACKGROUND: A detailed description of the characteristics of frequent attenders (FAs) at primary ca...
BACKGROUND: A detailed description of the characteristics of frequent attenders (FAs) at primary ca...
Out of hours (OOH) doctors could manage many cases limiting the inappropriate accesses to ED. Howeve...
Rationale, aims and objectives: To investigate the demand for traditional out-of-hours general pract...
Background Out of hours (OOH) doctors could manage many cases limiting the inappropriate accesses to...
Background Out of hours (OOH) doctors could manage many cases limiting the inappropriate accesses to...
Objective To synthesise international evidence for demand, use and outcomes of primary care out-of-h...
Objective To synthesise international evidence for demand, use and outcomes of primary care out-of-h...
PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to describe the characteristics of patients admitted to an out-o...
PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to describe the characteristics of patients admitted to an out-o...
Introduction The aim of this study was to describe the characteristics of patients admitted to an ...
Out of hours (OOH) doctors can have an important gate-keeping role over the access to the emergency ...
Out of hours (OOH) doctors can have an important gate-keeping role over the access to the emergency ...
BACKGROUND: A detailed description of the characteristics of frequent attenders (FAs) at primary ca...
BACKGROUND: A detailed description of the characteristics of frequent attenders (FAs) at primary car...
BACKGROUND: A detailed description of the characteristics of frequent attenders (FAs) at primary ca...
BACKGROUND: A detailed description of the characteristics of frequent attenders (FAs) at primary ca...
Out of hours (OOH) doctors could manage many cases limiting the inappropriate accesses to ED. Howeve...
Rationale, aims and objectives: To investigate the demand for traditional out-of-hours general pract...
Background Out of hours (OOH) doctors could manage many cases limiting the inappropriate accesses to...
Background Out of hours (OOH) doctors could manage many cases limiting the inappropriate accesses to...
Objective To synthesise international evidence for demand, use and outcomes of primary care out-of-h...
Objective To synthesise international evidence for demand, use and outcomes of primary care out-of-h...