Contacting out-of-hours primary care or emergency medical services for time-critical conditions - impact on patient outcomes

Contacting out-of-hours primary care or emergency medical services for time-critical conditions - impact on patient outcomes

Abstract Background Out-of-hours (OOH) healthcare services in Western countries are often differentiated into out-of-hours primary healthcare services (OOH-PC) and emergency medical services (EMS). Call waiting time, triage model and intended aims differ between these services. Consequently, the car...

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Main Authors: Morten Breinholt Søvsø, Morten Bondo Christensen, Bodil Hammer Bech, Helle Collatz Christensen, Erika Frischknecht Christensen, Linda Huibers
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-11-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
Subjects:
Out-of-hours medical care
Delivery of healthcare
Primary care
Emergency medical services
Denmark
Myocardial infarction
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12913-019-4674-0

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