Review for non-urgent emergency department visits
Zhang Ya-zhi
Xu Jun
Xu Jin
Zhang Qiu-bin
Sun Feng
Shao Shi-huan
Fu Yang-yang
Liu Dan-yu
Yu Xue-zhong
Abstract：Emergency overcrowding has become a global medical and health problem,in which the increase of non-urgent patients is an important reason.Non-urgent patients refer to the conditions where they are allowed to the outpatient or community hospital.However,they pour into the emergency department,because of the characteristics of emergency medical services,the patient's own factors and other reasons,which occupies the emergency resources,reduces the effectiveness of emergency medical treatment.In recent years,the volume of emergency visit in China has increased,and the phenomenon of non-urgent emergency visit is very common.With the promotion and development of general medicine in China,it will help alleviate the phenomenon that is gradually to promote the hierarchical medical system and make the diagnosis and treatment of common disease in primary hospital.This paper reviews the research progress of its definition,status,causes,effects and mitigation through the analysis of the study of non-acute patients at home and abroad,in order to provide reference for the study of non-urgent emergency room visit in China.
Keywords：Non-urgent patientsEmergency departmentGeneral medicine
Publication Date：2018-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 369-372 )