Urgent Care Centre Eligible Presentations in a Remote Emergency Department

IF 1.4 4区医学 Q2 EMERGENCY MEDICINE

Emergency Medicine Australasia Pub Date : 2025-09-09 DOI:10.1111/1742-6723.70135

Jack Johnstone, Chris Perry, Ellice Rigby, Lisa Capps, Richard Johnson

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Abstract

Objective

This study aimed to identify presentations to the Alice Springs Emergency Department that could be managed in an Urgent Care Centre (UCC).

Methods

We reviewed 1 year of ED presentation data at Alice Springs Hospital (ASH) from August 2022 to August 2023 and used a sequence of exclusion criteria to identify patients most likely to be eligible for UCC management.

Results

Our model indicated that 35.0% of ED presentations at ASH during this period could have been managed in a UCC. Only 41.5% of these presentations (14.5% of total presentations) occurred during UCC operating hours.

Conclusions

According to this model, a significant proportion of ED presentations could potentially be managed in a UCC, although a large proportion of these occurred outside of UCC opening hours. The impact of the introduction of a UCC into a remote community on ED presentations, patient experience, patient outcomes and the broader system requires further study.

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紧急护理中心在偏远急诊科的合格介绍

目的：本研究旨在确定爱丽斯泉急诊科可以在紧急护理中心（UCC）管理的报告。方法：我们回顾了Alice Springs医院（ASH）从2022年8月至2023年8月1年的ED表现数据，并使用一系列排除标准来确定最有可能符合UCC治疗条件的患者。结果我们的模型显示，在此期间，35.0%的ASH ED表现可以在UCC中得到控制。只有41.5%的报告（14.5%的报告）发生在UCC的工作时间。根据该模型，很大比例的ED演示可以在UCC中进行管理，尽管其中很大一部分发生在UCC开放时间之外。在偏远社区引入UCC对急诊科表现、患者体验、患者结果和更广泛的系统的影响需要进一步研究。

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来源期刊

Emergency Medicine Australasia 医学-急救医学

CiteScore

3.70

自引率

13.00%

发文量

217

审稿时长

6-12 weeks

期刊介绍： Emergency Medicine Australasia is the official journal of the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM) and the Australasian Society for Emergency Medicine (ASEM), and publishes original articles dealing with all aspects of clinical practice, research, education and experiences in emergency medicine. Original articles are published under the following sections: Original Research, Paediatric Emergency Medicine, Disaster Medicine, Education and Training, Ethics, International Emergency Medicine, Management and Quality, Medicolegal Matters, Prehospital Care, Public Health, Rural and Remote Care, Technology, Toxicology and Trauma. Accepted papers become the copyright of the journal.