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    Repeat attenders at National Health Service walk-in centres - a descriptive study using routine data

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    Maheswaran, R.
    Pearson, T.
    Jiwa, Moyez
    Date
    2009
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Maheswaran, Ravi and Pearson, Tim and Jiwa, Moyez. 2009. Repeat attenders at National Health Service walk-in centres - a descriptive study using routine data. The Royal Society for Public Health. 123 (7): pp. 506-150.
    Source Title
    The Royal Society for Public Health
    DOI
    10.1016/j.puhe.2009.06.008
    ISSN
    00333506
    Faculty
    Faculty of Health Sciences
    School of Pharmacy
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    Health Sciences-Faculty Office
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    The link to the journal’s home page is: http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/622273/description#description. Copyright © 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/6939
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    Objectives Whilst numerous studies have examined repeat attendance at general practices or emergency departments, little is known about repeat attenders at walk-in centres. The aim of this study was to examine age, gender, socio-economic status, distance from walk-in centre, day and time of attendance in relation to repeat attendance at walk-in centres.Study design Descriptive study using routine data from four walk-in centres in England, two of which were located in London and were accessible to local and commuter populations. Methods Data for 2 years (2003–2004) were examined. Age, gender, day and time of attendance were obtained from administrative records. Distance was calculated from the census output area of residence to walk-in centre attended. The Index of Multiple Deprivation (Income Domain) was used as an indicator of socio-economic deprivation at the small-area level. Results Thirty-nine percent of 272,701 attendances by 166,486 patients were repeat attendances. Seventy percent of patients attended once, 27.9% attended two to five times, and 2.2% attended on over five occasions over the 2-year study period. Patients attending the two London walk-in centres lived closer than those attending the two walk-in centres outside London (percentage living 6km or more from walk-in centre: 9% and 12% compared with 18% and 22%). The London walk-in centres had a higher percentage of single attenders (74.1% and 78%) compared with the other two walk-in centres (63.3% and 64.7%). Repeat attenders lived closer to walk-in centres than single attenders. Adjusted odds ratios for patients living within 3km of the walk-in centre relative to patients living 6km or more from the walk-in centre ranged from 1.59 [95% confidence interval (CI) 1.42–1.78] to 3.34 (95% CI 3.12–3.57) for patients attending two to five times, and from 2.37 (95% CI 1.36–4.11) to 14.99 (95% CI 11.30–19.88) for patients with over five attendances. There was substantial variation with significant contrasting patterns in odds ratios across walk-in centres in relation to the other variables. Repeat attenders were older than single attenders at three of the four walk-in centres. Repeat attenders tended to be more likely to be male at two walk-in centres, and less likely to be male at the other two walk-in centres. Socio-economic deprivation tended to be associated with repeat attendance at one of the walk-in centres. There were also significant and contrasting patterns in relation to day and, to a lesser extent, time of attendance.

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