There's (retrospective) data from the US showing malpractice claims decrease
with increasing cover by attending EPs, and a paper or two showing that
people are less likely to reattend if they were seen by a senior doctor on
their first ED visit. I can dig out the references if anyone would like
them, but I recall the 'evidence', especially regarding the reattenders, was
pretty weak methodologically. I agree it should be a priority for research.
Cliff Reid
>
>As this is supposed to be an academic discussion group - anyone
>know of any work looking at comparative outcomes of patients
>treated by A&E docs of different grades? The surgeons have a lot of
>evidence about grade of operator and outcome, do we have the
>same?
>
> To argue for the extra resources for a consultant based service we
>will need some good evidence. Should the speciality give this topic
>a high priority for research?
>
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