Table 1 Selection criteria for the purposive sample of Emergency Departments suitable for interview
Implementation | Service implemented since 2010 |
|---|---|
Primary care service models | Delivered one of three models of ED services: separate primary care services [inside or outside the footprint of the ED], integrated emergency medicine services, and no GPs used in the ED |
Enablers/barriers to set up | Able to discuss enablers/barriers to setting up and delivering the primary care service |
Types of patients | Responses indicating a range of types of patients seen |
Investigations available to GP | Responses indicating variable extent of investigations and interventions to which GPs had access |
Hospital context | Variety of contexts -including hospitals in rural and urban locations/towns, small and large hospitals, higher vs lower attendances |
Location | Spread of geographical location in England and Wales |