The Impact of Walk-in Centres and GP Co-operatives on Emergency Department Presentations: A Systematic Review of the Literature

Hospitals throughout the developed world are required to meet the health care needs of expanding and aging populations, which has led to notable increases in non-urgent presentations at Emergency Departments (EDs). For example, a population based retrospective analysis of ED data in Melbourne, Australia (Lowthian et al, 2010), found that ED presentations had increased by one-third, from 550,662 in 1999-00 to 853,940 in 2008-09. These increases exceeded population growth and demonstrated that the aging population was a key factor in presentations.

Source: International Emergency Nursing - April 18, 2017 Category: Nursing Authors: Jessica Crawford, Simon Cooper, Robyn Cant, Ruth DeSouza, Grad Dip Source Type: research