Evidence reviews – March 2018
The following documents contain the evidence that was used to develop these recommendations, plus the methods (see Guideline introduction) and cost-effectiveness analyses.
- Guideline introduction
- Non-emergency telephone access and call handlers
- Paramedics with enhanced competencies
- Paramedic remote support
- GP extended hours
- GP-led home visits
- GP access to laboratory investigations
- GP access to radiology
- Community nursing
- Community-based pharmacists
- Social care extended access
- Alternatives to hospital care
- Community rehabilitation
- Community palliative care
- Advance care planning
- Emergency department opening hours
- GPs within or on the same site as emergency departments
- Minor injury unit, urgent care centre or walk-in centre
- Early versus late consultant review
- Physician extenders
- Standardised criteria for hospital admission
- 7-day diagnostic radiology
- Liaison psychiatry
- Assessment through acute medical units
- Admission through elderly care assessment units
- Frequency of consultant review
- Critical care outreach teams
- Structured ward rounds
- Multidisciplinary team meetings
- Pharmacist support
- Enhanced inpatient access to physiotherapy and occupational therapy
- Structured patient handovers
- Integrated patient information systems
- Standardised systems of care for intra- and inter-hospital transfers
- Discharge planning
- Standardised discharge criteria
- Post-discharge early follow-up clinics
- Integrated care
- Bed occupancy
- Escalation measures
- Cost-effectiveness analyses
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