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Referrals to A&E.

Janice Charles¹, Salma Fahridin, Helena Britt

¹Australian GP Statistics & Classification Centre, University of Sydney, New South Wales.

Australian Family Physician

|July 2, 2008

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Emergency department (A&E) referral rates showed disparities, with higher rates among children and specific patient groups like Indigenous Australians and concession card holders. New patients also had elevated referral rates.

Area of Science:

General Practice
Emergency Medicine
Health Services Research

Background:

Accident and Emergency (A&E) referrals are a key pathway into specialist care.
Understanding referral patterns is crucial for optimizing healthcare resource allocation and patient access.

Purpose of the Study:

To analyze demographic and socioeconomic factors influencing patient referral rates to Accident and Emergency (A&E) departments.
To identify patient groups with significantly higher or lower A&E referral rates.

Main Methods:

Retrospective analysis of 900 patient encounters over a 5-year period.
Comparison of A&E referral rates across different age groups, genders, and socioeconomic indicators.

Main Results:

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No significant difference in referral rates between males and females.
Higher referral rates observed in children (<15 years) and significantly higher rates for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients and Commonwealth concession card holders.
Patients new to the practice exhibited twice the average A&E referral rate.

Conclusions:

A&E referral patterns are not uniform across all patient demographics.
Specific patient populations, including Indigenous Australians, concession card holders, and new patients, are over-represented in A&E referrals.
Further investigation into the reasons for these disparities is warranted to inform targeted interventions.