naa a22 4500 510741525 CHVBK 20180411083030.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20130601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11845-012-0860-3 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11845-012-0860-3 Establishing a general practitioner led minor injury service: mixed methods evaluation at 10months with an emphasis on use of radiology by GPs in the out-of-hours setting [Elektronische Daten] [P. Redmond, C. Darker, M. McDonnell, B. O'Shea] Aims and methods: A mixed methods study was conducted to evaluate a recently established general practitioner (GP) led minor injury (MI) service; it included a patient feedback study, a qualitative enquiry into the experience of the MI GPs, and analysis of use of radiology. Results: Forty-nine (81.6%) patients surveyed were seen in 30min or less. Forty-five (75%) felt that the quality of the service was excellent/very good. Twenty-seven (45%) responders felt that the X-ray service was expensive; 49 (81.6%) patients said that they would be happy to use the service again. 271 X-rays were taken (137, 50.55% upper limb, 95, 35.06% lower limb, 18, 6.64% CXR). One hundred and ninety-four (73.48%) patients were self-financing. There was an 86.72% (235/271) concordance between GP/radiologist findings. Issues elaborated by MI GPs at the focus group included secondary care/hospital interaction, patients' experience, professional fulfilment, competence concerns, finances, and interest in educational resources; they were unanimous in maintaining the service at 10months. Conclusions: This study demonstrates a positive experience by patients, and conservative evaluation of X-rays by GPs. Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland, 2012 Patient satisfaction nationallicence Qualitative research nationallicence Minor injuries nationallicence General practice nationallicence Redmond P. TCD/HSE General Practice Training Scheme, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Trinity College Centre for Health Sciences, Tallaght Hospital, Tallaght, Dublin 24, Ireland aut Darker C. TCD/HSE General Practice Training Scheme, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Trinity College Centre for Health Sciences, Tallaght Hospital, Tallaght, Dublin 24, Ireland aut McDonnell M. Newbridge Family Practice, Orchard House, Newbridge, Kildare, Ireland aut O'Shea B. TCD/HSE General Practice Training Scheme, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Trinity College Centre for Health Sciences, Tallaght Hospital, Tallaght, Dublin 24, Ireland aut Irish Journal of Medical Science Springer-Verlag 182/2(2013-06-01), 213-216 0021-1265 182:2<213 2013 182 11845 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11845-012-0860-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11845-012-0860-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Redmond P. TCD/HSE General Practice Training Scheme, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Trinity College Centre for Health Sciences, Tallaght Hospital, Tallaght, Dublin 24, Ireland aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Darker C. TCD/HSE General Practice Training Scheme, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Trinity College Centre for Health Sciences, Tallaght Hospital, Tallaght, Dublin 24, Ireland aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- McDonnell M. Newbridge Family Practice, Orchard House, Newbridge, Kildare, Ireland aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- O'Shea B. TCD/HSE General Practice Training Scheme, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Trinity College Centre for Health Sciences, Tallaght Hospital, Tallaght, Dublin 24, Ireland aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Irish Journal of Medical Science Springer-Verlag 182/2(2013-06-01), 213-216 0021-1265 182:2<213 2013 182 11845 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer