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Emergency medicine

G60 MEDICAL PAEDIATRICS IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT: TRENDS IN ATTENDANCE RATES, SOURCES OF REFERRAL, AND ADMISSIONS, 1993–2005
N. P. France, J. L. Craze.Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals Trust, Oxford, UK

Introduction and Aims: Although there have been a number of studies exploring reasons why children with minor illnesses attend emergency departments, there have been no published studies looking at changes in the incidence and nature of these attendances with time. This is of particular interest following recent changes to primary care out-of-hours provision. We examined trends in the attendance rates, referral patterns, and outcomes for children with medical illnesses attending our emergency department (ED) over a 12 year period.

Methods: We used the computerised booking-in system in the emergency department to collected anonymised data for all children attending with a medical complaint for the month of January 2005. Results were compared with those of previous studies, using the same methodology, for January 1993, 2000, 2003, and 2004. We examined changes in total number of attendances, the source of . . . [Full text of this article]