This paper summarises the consequences of emergency department crowding. It provides a
comparison of the scales used to measure emergency department crowding. We discuss the …

Background: In England, there are particularly pressing problems concerning access to
adequate primary care services. Consequently, innovative ways of delivering primary care …

Background: Challenges in timely access to one's usual primary care physician and the
ongoing use of walk-in clinics have been major health policy issues in Ontario for over a …

This paper examines some policies to increase or restrict consumer choice in western
European health systems as regards four decisions: choice between public and private …

Objectives: To assess the impact of NHS walk-in centres on the workload of local accident
and emergency departments, general practices, and out of hours services. Design: Time …

Background There were ten initiatives in the primary and urgent care system in the English
NHS during the New Labour government, 1997–2010, aimed at delivering higher quality …

Background: Walk-in clinics are common in North America and are designed to provide
acute episodic care without an appointment. We sought to describe a sample of walk-in …

desborough j., forrest l. & parker r.(2012) Nurse‐led primary healthcare walk‐in centres: an
integrative literature review. Journal of Advanced Nursing 68 (2), 248–263. Abstract Aims …

Background In Canada, 30%-60% of patients presenting to emergency departments are
ambulatory. This category has been labeled as a source of emergency department overuse …

With rapid economic growth and aging, hospital inpatient and emergency services utilization
has grown rapidly, and has emphasized an urgent requirement to adjust and optimize the …