Investigating the referral of patients with non-urgent conditions to a regional Australian emergency department: a study protocol

• Autori principali: Maria Unwin (Autore), Elaine Crisp (Autore), Scott Rigby (Autore), Leigh Kinsman (Autore)
• Natura: Libro
• Pubblicazione: BMC, 2018-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Soggetti: article
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Abstract Background Australia's only island state, Tasmania, experiences one of the nation's highest incidences of non-urgent emergency department (ED) presentations in a healthcare system regularly faced with service demands that exceed resource availability. Service-demand mismatches are...