Trends in the use of accident and emergency services by the homeless on the Wirral
| Autor: | S M Earnshaw, R C Barnes, R Brown |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 1996 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
education.field_of_study business.industry Accident and emergency Population Attendance Health services research Retrospective cohort study General Medicine Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine medicine.disease Family medicine Emergency Medicine medicine Medical emergency education business Research Article |
| Popis: | OBJECTIVE: To examine the use of accident and emergency (A&E) services by the homeless, with particular reference to the use of psychiatric services generated by this attendance. METHODS: A retrospective study of attendance registers at a large A&E department over an eight year period, during which there were 566 separate attendances by homeless patients out of a total of 421 237 adult attendances (1.3 per 1000). RESULTS: There was no significant change in rates of attendances over the eight year period (P = 0.41), in the broad demographic details of the groups, or in the use of psychiatric services. CONCLUSIONS: There has been no significant increase in the use of A&E services by homeless people in the population studied over the eight year period. Several possible explanations for this are given. |
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