Overnight calls in primary care: randomised controlled trial of management using nurse telephone consultation
Management outcome Intervention group Control group Relative risk (95% CI) Total No of calls 100 (100) 123 (100) NA Calls managed with nurse telephone advice 59 (59) NA NA Calls managed with GP telephone advice 19 (19) 76 (62) 0.31 (0.2 to 0.47) Patient attended a primary care centre 1 (1) 6 (5) 0.2...
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Published in | BMJ Vol. 319; no. 7222; p. 1408 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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London
British Medical Journal Publishing Group
27.11.1999
British Medical Association BMJ Publishing Group LTD British Medical Journal |
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Summary: | Management outcome Intervention group Control group Relative risk (95% CI) Total No of calls 100 (100) 123 (100) NA Calls managed with nurse telephone advice 59 (59) NA NA Calls managed with GP telephone advice 19 (19) 76 (62) 0.31 (0.2 to 0.47) Patient attended a primary care centre 1 (1) 6 (5) 0.2 (0.03 to 1.67) Patient were visited at home by duty GP 21 (21) 41 (33) 0.63 (0.4 to 0.99) Patient died within 7 days 2 (2) 2 (2) 1.23 (0.18 to 8.58) Patient admitted to hospital within 24 hours 2 (2) 8 (6.5) 0.31 (0.07 to 1.42) Patient admitted to hospital within 3 days 5 (5) 8 (6.5) 0.77 (0.26 to 2.28) Patient attended A&E department within 3 days 3 (3) 2 (2) 1.84 (0.31 to 10.82) Patient attended daytime surgery within 3 days 8 (8) 18 (15) 0.55 (0.25 to 1.2) NA=not applicable; GP=general practitioner; A&E=accident and emergency. |
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Bibliography: | PMID:10574857 local:bmj;319/7222/1408 istex:1FF40018F45AA0EF129AA6462715411E1C91D77A ark:/67375/NVC-9BLHCXMX-M Correspondence to: Dr George href:bmj-319-1408.pdf ObjectType-Article-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-1 ObjectType-News-3 content type line 23 Correspondence to: Dr George pluto@soton.ac.uk Contributors: SG, VL, HS, ET, and EAG initiated the study and obtained funding. M Moore and FT facilitated the piloting; VL, FT, M Moore, and HB were responsible for running the service. Data collection was done by VL, FT, and JT and data analysis by FT, JT, M Mullee and SG. All authors participated in the discussion about and interpretation of the results. FT and SG wrote the paper, with comments from all authors. SG is the guarantor. |
ISSN: | 0959-8138 0959-8146 1468-5833 1756-1833 |
DOI: | 10.1136/bmj.319.7222.1408 |