What do systematic reviews say?

Primary care professionals vs ordinary emergency department physicians

It is very uncertain whether primary care professionals changes time from arrival to clinical assessment and treatment compared with ordinary emergency department physicians (very low certainty).

• Primary care professionals providing non‐urgent care in hospital emergency departments 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  MD 2.1
  1 study · 260 participants
  Very low

Primary care professionals vs ordinary emergency department physicians

It is very uncertain whether primary care professionals changes total length of ED stay compared with ordinary emergency department physicians (very low certainty).

• Primary care professionals providing non‐urgent care in hospital emergency departments 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  1 study · 260 participants
  Very low

Primary care professionals vs ordinary emergency department physicians

It is very uncertain whether primary care professionals changes admission to hospital compared with ordinary emergency department physicians (very low certainty).

• Primary care professionals providing non‐urgent care in hospital emergency departments 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  3 studies · 11203 participants
  Very low

Primary care professionals vs ordinary emergency department physicians

It is very uncertain whether primary care professionals changes diagnostic tests compared with ordinary emergency department physicians (very low certainty).

• Primary care professionals providing non‐urgent care in hospital emergency departments 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  3 studies · 11203 participants
  Very low

Primary care professionals vs ordinary emergency department physicians

It is very uncertain whether primary care professionals changes treatments given compared with ordinary emergency department physicians (very low certainty).

• Primary care professionals providing non‐urgent care in hospital emergency departments 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  3 studies · 11203 participants
  Very low

Primary care professionals vs ordinary emergency department physicians

It is very uncertain whether primary care professionals changes consultations or referrals to hospital‐based specialists compared with ordinary emergency department physicians (very low certainty).

• Primary care professionals providing non‐urgent care in hospital emergency departments 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  3 studies · 11203 participants
  Very low

Primary care professionals vs ordinary emergency department physicians

• Primary care professionals providing non‐urgent care in hospital emergency departments 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  2 studies · 9325 participants
  Very low

Primary care professionals vs ordinary emergency department physicians

The review found no eligible studies for this question.

• Primary care professionals providing non‐urgent care in hospital emergency departments 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  Studies not reported
  No studies found