Designing services for frequent attenders to the emergency department: a characterisation of this population to inform service design
Rebecca Jacob, Mai Luen Wong, Catherine Hayhurst, Peter Watson and Cecily Morrison
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.16-4-325
Clin Med August 2016 Rebecca Jacob
ACambridge and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK
Roles: consultant psychiatrist
Mai Luen Wong
BCambridge and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK
Roles: associate specialist
Catherine Hayhurst
CCambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK
Roles: consultant in emergency medicine
Peter Watson
DMRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Roles: senior statistician
Cecily Morrison
EEngineering Design Centre, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Roles: research associate
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vol. 16 no. 4 325-329
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- Published online August 1, 2016.
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- Rebecca Jacob, consultant psychiatristA⇑,
- Mai Luen Wong, associate specialistB,
- Catherine Hayhurst, consultant in emergency medicineC,
- Peter Watson, senior statisticianD and
- Cecily Morrison, research associateE
- ACambridge and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK
- BCambridge and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK
- CCambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK
- DMRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
- EEngineering Design Centre, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
- Address for correspondence: Dr R Jacob, Fulbourn Hospital, Fulbourn, Cambridge CB21 5BE, UK. Email: Rebecca.Jacob{at}cpft.nhs.uk
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Designing services for frequent attenders to the emergency department: a characterisation of this population to inform service design
Rebecca Jacob, Mai Luen Wong, Catherine Hayhurst, Peter Watson, Cecily Morrison
Clinical Medicine Aug 2016, 16 (4) 325-329; DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.16-4-325
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