Acute care pathways for patients calling the out-of-hours services

• Main Authors: Morten Breinholt Søvsø (Author), Linda Huibers (Author), Bodil Hammer Bech (Author), Helle Collatz Christensen (Author), Morten Bondo Christensen (Author), Erika Frischknecht Christensen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background In Western countries, patients with acute illness or injury out-of-hours (OOH) can call either emergency medical services (EMS) for emergencies or primary care services (OOH-PC) in less urgent situations. Callers initially choose which service to contact; whether this choice refl...