Patient motives for contacting out-of-hours care in Denmark: a cross-sectional study.
Linda HuibersAnders H CarlsenGrete MothHelle C ChristensenIngunn S RiddervoldMorten B ChristensenPublished in: BMC emergency medicine (2020)
Patient motives for contacting the two health care service providers were partly overlapping. The study contributes with new knowledge on the complex decision-making process of patients in need of acute health care. This knowledge could help optimise existing health care services, such as patient safety and the service level, without increasing health care costs.
Keyphrases
- healthcare
- patient safety
- end stage renal disease
- decision making
- quality improvement
- case report
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- physical activity
- peritoneal dialysis
- intensive care unit
- patient reported outcomes
- respiratory failure
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- hepatitis b virus
- pain management
- social media