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    Frequent callers to the ambulance service: patient profiling and impact of case management on patient utilisation of the ambulance service

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    Author
    Edwards, Melanie J.
    Bassett, Gary
    Sinden, Levi
    Fothergill, Rachael cc
    Keyword
    Emergency Medical Services
    Ambulances
    Health Services Needs and Demand
    Medical Overuse
    Psychological Illness
    Journal title
    Emergency Medicine Journal
    
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    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12417/62
    DOI
    10.1136/emermed-2013-203496
    Abstract
    Background A minority of patients make frequent and excessive calls to the ambulance service, placing a significant burden on limited resources at a time when demand on urgent and emergency care systems is steadily increasing. Little is known about the reasons underlying frequent caller behaviour or the best way to manage this group of patients. Objectives The present study aimed to (i) profile frequent callers to the ambulance service and (ii) evaluate the impact of a case management interventional approach on frequent caller behaviour. Methods A retrospective review of data from a 2-year period (from 1 April 2009 to 31 March 2011) was conducted. Patients were included in the analysis if they had been accepted for case management intervention by the Patient-Centred Action Team during this period and met the study inclusion criteria. Results The review identified 110 frequent callers who met the study inclusion criteria. The majority of frequent callers (86%) had multiple and complex reasons for calling, including frequent medical need, acute or chronic mental health condition, older age and unmet personal or social care needs. In the majority of cases (82%), multiple interventional strategies were required. A significant reduction in median call volume was observed from preintervention to postintervention (from five calls/month to zero calls/month). Conclusions Effective management of this complex patient group requires an individualised case management approach in order to identify and tackle the underlying causes of behaviour. https://emj.bmj.com/content/32/5/392.long This is an Open Access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2013-203496
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    10.1136/emermed-2013-203496
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