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Eren Demir1, Salma Chahed, Thierry Chaussalet
1Department of Information Systems and Computing, University of Westminster, London, UK. e.demir@hotmail.co.uk
Journal of Medical Systems
|August 13, 2010
Summary
General Practitioners may soon offer hospital outpatient services at polyclinics. This study identifies endocrinology and ophthalmology as suitable specialties for relocation, aiding healthcare planning.
Area of Science:
- Health Services Research
- Health Informatics
Background:
- Healthcare systems are shifting outpatient services from hospitals to primary care settings.
- General Practitioners (GPs) may soon be based at polyclinics, necessitating service relocation.
- Hounslow Primary Care Trust (PCT) has concerns regarding service selection and demand forecasting.
Purpose of the Study:
- To identify outpatient services suitable for relocation from hospitals to polyclinics.
- To develop a tool for assessing current and future demand for these services.
Main Methods:
- Sequential association rule mining was used to analyze patient visit patterns.
- An Excel-based tool was developed to compute service demand.
Main Results:
- Endocrinology and ophthalmology were identified as highly associated specialties, frequently visited in sequence.
- These specialties are candidates for relocation from hospital to polyclinic settings.
- The developed tool is adaptable for other specialties with available data.
Conclusions:
- Sequential analysis can identify suitable outpatient services for polyclinic integration.
- Endocrinology and ophthalmology are recommended for initial relocation.
- The developed tool supports informed decision-making for healthcare service planning.
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