World Journal of Emergency Medicine ›› 2016, Vol. 7 ›› Issue (4): 270-273.doi: 10.5847/wjem.j.1920-8642.2016.04.005
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Michiel J. van Veelen1, Crispijn L. van den Brand2, Resi Reijnen2, M. Christien van der Linden2()
Received:
2016-04-06
Accepted:
2016-08-29
Online:
2016-12-15
Published:
2016-12-15
Contact:
M. Christien van der Linden
E-mail:c.van.der.linden@mchaaglanden.nl
Michiel J. van Veelen, Crispijn L. van den Brand, Resi Reijnen, M. Christien van der Linden. Effects of a general practitioner cooperative co-located with an emergency department on patient throughput[J]. World Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2016, 7(4): 270-273.
Table 1
GPC and ED patients during study period (n=16 247)
Characteristics | Control period (n=7 936) | Intervention period (n=8 311) | Significance1 |
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Gender (male) (n, %) | 4 095 (51.6) | 4 280 (51.5) | 0.90 |
Median age (IQR) | 38 (32) | 38 (33) | 0.84 |
Self-referral (n, %) | 4 973 (62.7) | 4 372 (52.6) | <0.001 |
Redirected to GPC | NA (0) | 1 989 (23.9) | NA |
Redirected to ED | NA (0) | 169 (3.9) | NA |
Referred patients (n, %) | |||
Ambulance | 980 (12.3) | 1 263 (15.1) | <0.001 |
Referred by GP | 950 (12.0) | 1 490 (17.9) | <0.001 |
Referred by MS | 1 033 (13.0) | 1 186 (14.2) | <0.001 |
Treatment at ED, n | 7 936 | 6 322 |
Table 2
Severity of complaints of (remaining) ED patients (n=14 258)
Variables | Control period (n=7 936) | Intervention period (n=6 322) | Significance1 |
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Acuity level (n, %) | |||
Immediate (red) | 77 (1.0) | 70 (1.1) | 0.42 |
Very urgent (orange) | 1 106 (13.9) | 1 331 (21.1) | <0.001 |
Urgent (yellow) | 2 677 (33.7) | 2 571 (40.7) | <0.001 |
Standard (green) | 3 631 (45.8) | 2 094 (33.1) | <0.001 |
Non-urgent (blue) | 96 (1.2) | 71 (1.1) | 0.63 |
No triage | 349 (4.4) | 185 (2.9) | <0.001 |
Median LOS (minutes, IQR) | 89 (111) | 125 (118) | <0.001 |
Total LOS (hours) | 14 682 | 14 962 | <0.001 |
Disposition (n, %) | |||
Admission to inpatient unit | 1 391 (17.5) | 1 603 (25.4) | <0.001 |
Admission to ICU | 32 (0.4) | 61 (1.0) | <0.001 |
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