| Title: |
Provision of medical same day emergency care services within the UK : analysis from the Society for Acute Medicine Benchmarking Audit |
| Authors: |
Atkin, Catherine; Perrett, Madeleine; Cooksley, Tim; Varia, Ragit; Holland, Mark; Knight, Thomas; Subbe, Christian; Lasserson, Daniel S.; Sapey, Elizabeth |
| Publisher Information: |
British Medical Journal Publishing Group |
| Publication Year: |
2025 |
| Collection: |
The University of Warwick: WRAP - Warwick Research Archive Portal |
| Subject Terms: |
RA Public aspects of medicine |
| Description: |
Aim To evaluate the current provision of medical same day emergency care (SDEC) services within the UK, and the current utilisation of these pathways in the assessment of unplanned medical attendances.Design Survey data was used from the Society for Acute Medicine Benchmarking Audit (SAMBA), including anonymised patient-level data collected annually using a day of care survey.Setting Hospitals accepting unplanned medical attendances within the UK, 2019–2023.Participants 34 948 unplanned and 4342 planned attendances across 188 hospital sites.Results 29.8% of unplanned medical attendances received their initial medical assessment within SDEC services (2403 patients in SAMBA23), with the proportion increasing over time. 82.4% of patients assessed in SDEC services were discharged without overnight admission. Assessment in SDEC services was less likely in male patients, patients with frailty and older adults (all p |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| File Description: |
application/pdf |
| Language: |
English |
| ISSN: |
2044-6055 |
| Relation: |
https://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/190965/1/e094580.full.pdf; Atkin, Catherine, Perrett, Madeleine, Cooksley, Tim, Varia, Ragit, Holland, Mark, Knight, Thomas, Subbe, Christian, Lasserson, Daniel S. and Sapey, Elizabeth (2025) Provision of medical same day emergency care services within the UK : analysis from the Society for Acute Medicine Benchmarking Audit. BMJ Open, 15 (4). e094580. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2024-094580 ISSN 2044-6055. |
| Availability: |
https://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/190965/; https://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/190965/1/e094580.full.pdf; https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/4/e094580 |
| Rights: |
cc_by_4 |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.D80543D3 |
| Database: |
BASE |