Low-acuity emergency department presentation characteristics and their association with Medicare-subsidised general practitioner services across New South Wales: A data linkage study.

Objectives: Identify clinical and demographic characteristics of low-acuity presentations (LAPs) to the ED and analyse correlations between population rates of LAPs to ED and rates of Medicare-subsidised general practitioner (GP) services across statistical areas.

Methods: Retrospective data linkage study using state-wide ED data and publicly available data on GP services per population by statistical area. We performed multilevel logistic regression to determine predictors of LAP at an individual level after adjusting for remoteness categories and performed correlations between rates of LAP and GP services per population across statistical areas in New South Wales, Australia.

Effects of a Virtual Trauma Clinic on admissions and length of stay for minor to moderate trauma.

Objective: To investigate the feasibility of a Virtual Trauma Clinic (VTC) for patients with minor to moderate trauma, and evaluate patient satisfaction and outcomes.

Methods: One hundred VTC patients were matched 1:1 with historical patients from the hospital trauma registry who received conventional care. Matching was based on age ± 5 years, sex, mechanism of injury, Injury Severity Score ± 2, trauma team activation and day of week of presentation.

Socioeconomic determinants of very frequent presentations to emergency departments in New South Wales, Australia: A state wide data linkage study.

Objectives: To describe the clinical and longitudinal patterns of presentation, and to understand the underlying socioeconomic characteristics of different modes of presentation.

Design: Retrospective state-wide data linkage analysis of emergency department (ED) presentations. Patients were included if they were 18 years of age or over and presented to the ED over twenty times within any consecutive 365-day period between January 2015 and December 2020.

Long-term trends in incidence and outcomes of rib fractures: A population-based data linkage study from New South Wales, Australia.

Objective: Determine long-term trends in population-based incidence and outcomes of rib fracture hospitalisations.

Methods: This was a data linkage study of rib fracture cases identified between 2015 and 2022 in New South Wales, Australia. Routinely collected health data were linked between ED, admitted patient and death registry data collection.

Applying Sydney Triage to Admission Risk Tool (START) to improve patient flow in emergency departments: a multicentre randomised, implementation study.

Background: To determine the effectiveness of applying the Sydney Triage to Admission Risk Tool (START) in conjunction with senior early assessment in different Emergency Departments (EDs).

Methods: This multicentre implementation study, conducted in two metropolitan EDs, used a convenience sample of ED patients. Patients who were admitted, after presenting to both EDs, and were assessed using the existing senior ED clinician assessment, were included in the study.