| Autor: |
Jesús M, Aranaz Andrés, Rafael, Martínez Nogueras, M Teresa, Gea Velázquez de Castro, Vicenta, Rodrigo Bartual, Pedro, Antón García, Fernando Gómez, Pajares |
| Rok vydání: |
2006 |
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| Zdroj: |
Gaceta sanitaria. 20(4) |
| ISSN: |
0213-9111 |
| Popis: |
The aim of this study was to determine the reasons why patients use hospital emergency services (HES) on their own initiative and the characteristics of these users.An ad hoc questionnaire was designed and applied by consecutive selection to patients who could have waited for medical care (level 1 triage) over a 1-week period in November 2002.A total of 348 patients completed the questionnaire; 82.5% attended on their own initiative; of these, 17.7% reported they did not know how Primary Care worked in relation to the Emergency Services; 18.8% consulted a Primary Care physician; 55.0% preferred the HES and 13.5% attended because of a delay in another health care setting. Half the patients (50.5%) were younger than 40 years old and 9.2% were foreigners.Changes in health services' consumption patterns could jeopardize the public health system unless supply is adapted to the demand expressed and/or interventions are performed to educate the public in rational health services' consumption. |
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OpenAIRE |
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