In:
BJGP Open, Royal College of General Practitioners
Kurzfassung:
Patients with unmet healthcare needs are more likely to access unscheduled care. Identifying these patients through data-driven and clinical risk stratification for active case management in primary care can help address patient need and reduce demand on acute services. Aim To determine how a proactive digital healthcare system can be used to undertake comprehensive needs analysis of patients at risk of unplanned admission and mortality. Design & setting Prospective cohort study of six general practices in a deprived UK city. Method To identify those with unmet needs, the study’s population underwent digitally-driven risk stratification into Escalated and Non-escalated groups using seven risk factors. The Escalated group underwent further stratification using GP clinical assessment into Concern and No concern groups. The Concern group underwent Unmet Needs Analysis (UNA). Results From 24 746 patients, 516 (2.1%) were triaged into the Concern group and 164 (0.7%) underwent UNA. These patients were more likely to be older ( t = 4.69, P 〈 0.001), female (X 2 = 4.46, P 〈 0.05), have a Patients At Risk of Re-hospitalisation (PARR) score ≥80 (X 2 = 4.31, P 〈 0.05), be a nursing home resident (X 2 = 6.75, P 〈 0.01), or on an end-of-life (EOL) register (X 2 = 14.55, P 〈 0.001). Following UNA, 143 (87.2%) patients had further review planned or were referred for further input. The majority of patients had four domains of need. In those who GPs would not be surprised if they died within the next few months, n = 69 (42.1%) were not on an EOL register. Conclusion This study showed how an integrated, patient-centred, digital care system working with GPs can highlight and implement resources to address the escalating care needs of complex individuals.
Materialart:
Online-Ressource
ISSN:
2398-3795
DOI:
10.3399/BJGPO.2023.0078
Sprache:
Englisch
Verlag:
Royal College of General Practitioners
Publikationsdatum:
2023
ZDB Id:
2881009-0
