Symptoms that required ECG diagnostics in the ambulatory unit of the city institute for urgent medical care Belgrade

Plazinić, Đurđa M.; Živanović, Slavoljub

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“…When talking about consultation lengths, patients in general medicine are not necessarily as satisfied with the length of consultation as they are with the content and quality (16). Patients also seek explanations on what is going on with them, whether they are having an emergency condition that requires immediate attention or they need reassurance due to fears they may have in relation to their conditions (12). Patients with whom physicians spend more time in consultation are more likely to present important data and elements for adequate care (4).…”

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“…The average number of examinations in one shift is 23 -24 and there is no time limit per consultation, nor a protocol on the maximum number of patients that can be seen and cared for during one shift. It is presumed that only urgent cases will be seen at the clinic, however, in most cases this is not the case as patients often do not want to wait to contact their family doctor at a later time (12).…”

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Consultation length in ambulatory clinic of Belgrade Emergency Medical Service

Živanović¹,

Petrov-Kiurski²

2021

Acta fac medic Naissensis

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The aim of the study was to analyze and compare consultation lengths in Emergency Medical Service (EMS) Belgrade ambulatory clinic which relates to patient age, gender, existing diagnoses and prescribed treatment (therapy or referral to another healthcare institution). We analyzed the data from the electronic database on consultation lengths from one EMS Belgrade Ambulatory Clinic. For patients who were further referred to another healthcare institution transfer, the waiting time was included in the total consultation time. We used the statistical package SPSS 11.0 for Windows for the statistical processing. Statistical significance was defined for the level of p < 0.05. The average consultation time was 21.07 ± 13.44 minutes. Usually, it lasted between 10 to 20 minutes. Consultations lasted longer in female patients (21.68 minutes), patients over 65 years of age (24.65 minutes), in patients with multiple diagnoses (26.1 and 27.28 minutes), as well as in patients where therapy was prescribed and administered in the ambulatory clinic (25.72 minutes), or in patients referred to other healthcare institutions. Statistically, the differences were highly significant (p < 0.01). When considering patients' diagnoses, longest consultations were in patients diagnosed with infectious diseases (average 30.88 minutes), followed by patients diagnosed with diseases of the circulatory system (27.86 minutes) and patients with diseases of the respiratory system (21.56 minutes). The differences were statistically significant (p < 0.01). Patients' age, gender, disease diagnosis and administered therapy affect the consultations time. Depending on the diagnosis, consultations last longer for infectious, cardiovascular and respiratory diseases.

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