To provide information to the Northern Medicare Local on the rationale for Emergency Department utilization by families for non-urgent conditions, to study parents presenting to Northern Hospital ED whose children are classified as Triage Category 4 or 5

Use of a telenursing triage service by Victorian parents attending the emergency department for their child's lower urgency condition

Erin Turbitt, Gary L Freed

2015-12-01

OBJECTIVE: The Victorian Nurse-On-Call (NOC) service has been in use for over 8 years, though little research has been conducted i..

Age-related variation in primary care type presentations to emergency departments

Gary Freed, Sarah Gafforini, Norman Carson

2015-08-01

BACKGROUND: A significant amount of attention has been paid to the increase in emergency department (ED) presentations in Australi..

Age distribution of emergency department presentations in Victoria

Gary L Freed, Sarah Gafforini, Norman Carson

2015-04-01

OBJECTIVES: To describe patterns of ED utilisation over time, by patient age group and triage classification. METHODS: Secondary a..