Are referrals to hospital from out-of-hours primary care associated with National Early Warning Scores?

Samuel John FinnikinGail HaywardFay WilsonDaniel Lasserson

Published in: Emergency medicine journal : EMJ (2020)

Patients seen in out-of-hours general practice have low physiological acuity. Those referred to hospital have a slightly higher NEWS overall. NEWS is poorly associated with hospital referral, although the association is stronger for patients seen in at home compared with patients seen in treatment centres. Implementing NEWS-based referral from OOH general practice is likely to increase hospital admissions.

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