Evaluating emergency department transfers from urgent care centres: insights for paramedic integration with subacute healthcare
Objective Paramedics redirecting non-emergent patients from emergency departments (EDs) to urgent care centres is a new and forthcoming strategy to reduce overcrowding and improve primary care integration. Which patients are likely not suitable for paramedic redirection are unknown. To describe and...
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| Main Authors: | Ryan P Strum, Andrew P Costa, Shawn E Mondoux, Fabrice I Mowbray |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMJ Publishing Group
2023-03-01
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| Series: | BMJ Open Quality |
| Online Access: | https://bmjopenquality.bmj.com/content/12/1/e002160.full |
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