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One in 100 using out-of-hours primary care needs hospital care within three days
BMJ 2016; 355 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.i5974 (Published 08 November 2016) Cite this as: BMJ 2016;355:i5974- Susan Mayor
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Nearly 1% of patients who see out-of-hours primary care services need urgent admission to hospital within three days, a retrospective study of one UK service has found, and older patients, prior users, and those presenting at less busy times are most at risk.1
Out-of-hours primary care services handled around 5.9 million cases in England in 2013-14. But it can …
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