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SUBMITTER: Sovso MB
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7045402 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
BMC health services research 20200227 1
<h4>Background</h4>In Western countries, patients with acute illness or injury out-of-hours (OOH) can call either emergency medical services (EMS) for emergencies or primary care services (OOH-PC) in less urgent situations. Callers initially choose which service to contact; whether this choice reflect the intended differences in urgency and severity is unknown. Hospital diagnoses and admission rates following an OOH service contact could elucidate this. We aimed to investigate and compare the pr ...[more]