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Wiley, Emergency Medicine Australasia, 6(35), p. 1044-1046, 2023

DOI: 10.1111/1742-6723.14326

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Initial experience of a Priority Primary Care Centre in metropolitan Melbourne

Journal article published in 2023 by Emma Saddington, Fatima Rahman, Josh Stuart, Jessica Hocking, Carly Talarico, De Villiers Smit, Peter A. Cameron ORCID, Biswadev Mitra ORCID
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AbstractObjectiveTo report the initial experience of a newly built Priority Primary Care Centre (PPCC) from the ED perspective.MethodsA single‐centre prospective cohort study, assessing referrals to the PPCC from 1 February to 30 June 2023.ResultsThere were 1240 patients referred to the PPCC from the ED, of which 87 (7.0%) were referred back to the ED. The incidence rate of PPCC referrals was 4.2% (95% confidence interval 4.0–4.5).ConclusionsThe PPCC enabled re‐direction of a small proportion of ED presentations. Early results suggest that such patients can be adequately selected and managed at PPCCs.