Abstract BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Significant numbers of patients refer
themselves to A&E departments for conditions which are neither accidents nor emergencies …

Introduction. Reducing unnecessary ambulance transports may have operational and
economic benefits for emergency medical services (EMS) agencies and receiving …

Background: We evaluate the appropriateness of medical visits to the accident and
emergency department (A&ED) of a university hospital using an instrument based on explicit …

See related editorial, p 506 Study objective: Little is known about the accuracy and reliability
of current triage methods. We examined agreement among observers with regard to the …

Aim. To determine the patterns and appropriateness of patients' use of a university hospital
emergency department. Methods. During a 14-day period in November 1998, we collected …

Objective: To see whether care provided by general practitioners to non-emergency patients
in an accident and emergency department differs significantly from care by usual accident …

Presenting complaints at an Emergency Department (ED) that could (and should) have been
seen in primary care is discussed in the literature as 'inappropriate use'of hospital-based …

A obra pretende desvendar o que seja uma urgência ou uma emergência em saúde a partir
de duas perspectivas: a dos usuários e a dos profissionais da rede pública. A autora mostra …

We conducted a 14-day survey of the emergency department (ED) at a university tertiary
care teaching hospital to examine appropriate and inappropriate use of the ED. The results …

Study objective: To assess agreement among health professionals with regard to the need
for urgent care among emergency department patients. Methods: We conducted a chart …