A qualitative systematic review of the reasons for parental attendance at the emergency department with children presenting with minor illness

The demand for urgent healthcare services is increasing, and the pressure on Emergency Department (ED) is of significant concern globally (Amiel et al., 2014). EDs are visited annually by almost 5 million children in England, United Kingdom (UK) Health and Social Care Information Centre (2016). There are diverse rates of non-urgent ED visits internationally ranging from 39.9% in Belgium among 3117 children (Benahmed et al., 2012), 40% in England (Ismail et al., 2013), 52.8% in Australia (Unwin et al., 2016), 57% in Italy (Vedovetto et al., 2014) and 58% in the United States of America (USA) (Kubicek et al., 2012) suggesting the international significance of ED paediatric attendance.
Source: International Emergency Nursing - Category: Nursing Authors: Tags: Review Source Type: research