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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Slagman, Anna
• Fischer-Rosinský, Antje
• Legg, David
• Schmieder, Kristin
• Möckel, Martin

Titel

Identification of low-acuity attendances in routine clinical information documented in German Emergency Departments

Ist Teil von

• BMC emergency medicine, 2023-06, Vol.23 (1), p.64-64, Article 64

Ort / Verlag

England: BioMed Central Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

2023

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SpringerLink

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• It has not yet been possible to ascertain the exact proportion, characterization or impact of low-acuity emergency department (ED) attendances on the German Health Care System since valid and robust definitions to be applied in German ED routine data are missing. Internationally used methods and parameters to identify low-acuity ED attendances were identified, analyzed and then applied to routine ED data from two EDs of the tertiary care hospitals Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Mitte (CCM) and Campus Virchow (CVK). Based on the three routinely available parameters `disposition´, `transport to the ED´ and `triage´ 33.2% (n = 30 676) out of 92 477 presentations to the two EDs of Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin (CVK, CCM) in 2016 could be classified as low-acuity presentations. This study provides a reliable and replicable means of retrospective identification and quantification of low-acuity attendances in German ED routine data. This enables both intra-national and international comparisons of figures across future studies and health care monitoring.