Reasons for emergency department use of low-acuity attender: results from the prospective, multicentre, cross-sectional EPICS-9/PiNo-Bund study
Patients with low-acuity ED attendance stated acute onset and mainly new episodes of symptoms, with pain being the most common chief complaint. A high proportion reported having contacted their GP or SHIP on-call services (if known) but have been referred to the ED. As long as no fundamental changes are made to the provision of timely treatment options in the outpatient care sector, EDs may continue to be the foremost treatment option for these patients.
Authors
- Martin Möckel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7691-3709)
- Martina Schmiedhofer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7515-2274)
- Dagmar Lühmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7965-5007)
- Daniela Krüger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0378-335X)
- David Legg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1152-585X)
- Martin Scherer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3448-9679)
- Ingmar Schäfer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1038-7478)
- Fabian Holert (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-2850-803X)
- Bernadett Erdmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-9530-6911)
- Johann Frick (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4826-4684)
- Anna Slagman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2608-0347)
- Larissa Eienbröker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-6791-1413)
Institutions
- Universität Hamburg (DE)
- University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (DE)
- Fraunhofer Project Centre Wolfsburg (DE)
- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ Open
- Published
- 2025-03-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-090681
- Citations
- 8
- Primary Topic
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 18.03