Clinician consensus on "Inappropriate" presentations to the Emergency Department in the Better Data, Better Planning (BDBP) census: a cross-sectional multi-centre study of emergency department utilisation in Ireland

• Main Authors: Niamh M Cummins (Author), Louise A Barry (Author), Carrie Garavan (Author), Collette Devlin (Author), Gillian Corey (Author), Fergal Cummins (Author), Damien Ryan (Author), Emma Wallace (Author), Conor Deasy (Author), Mary Flynn (Author), Gerard McCarthy (Author), BDBP Team (Author), Rose Galvin (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Utilisation of the Emergency Department (ED) for non-urgent care increases demand for services, therefore reducing inappropriate or avoidable attendances is an important area for intervention in prevention of ED crowding. This study aims to develop a consensus between clinicians...