Title

‘Primary Care' Presentations at Emergency Departments - Rates and Reasons by Age and Sex

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

2008

Publication Details

This article was originally published as Siminski P, Bezzina A, Lago L, Eagar K, ‘Primary Care' Presentations at Emergency Departments - Rates and Reasons by Age and Sex’, Australian Health Review 32(4), 2008, 700-709. Original journal information available here

Abstract

'Primary care' presentations at Emergency Departments (EDs) have been the subject of much attention in recent years. This paper is a demographic analysis of such presentations in New South Wales EDs and of self-reported reasons for presentation.