Table 2 Perceived potential usefulness of specific CM interventions targeting FUEDs by ED health personnel according to profession on a 0 to 10 agreement-scale (zero: totally disagree; six: agree; 10: totally agree)
Potential usefulness | N total respondents | % of total personnel agreeing | % of medical doctors agreeing | % of nursing personnel agreeing | P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Support teams facing complex medico-social situations | n:199 | 77.4% | 76.7% | 78.1% | ns |
Insure better targeted response to needs of FUEDs | n:199 | 76.9% | 69.9% | 84.0% | 0.01 |
Facilitate the collaboration with community/primary care | n:196 | 74.5% | 64.7% | 85.0% | 0.001 |
Decrease the number of FUEDs emergency room visits | n:198 | 69.6% | 66.0% | 73.7% | ns |
Spend less time on low-level emergency patients | n:199 | 58.3% | 60.2% | 56.2% | ns |
Spend less time on patients with complicated situations | n:197 | 37.0% | 35.0% | 39.4% | ns |