The role of primary care in acute consultations - A secondary data analysis on the impact of holiday-related closures of primary care practices on the use of emergency visits

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00036373

Enrollment

8000

Registered

2025-03-12

Start date

2025-03-28

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-10-06

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

All illnesses/health problems of patients who visit a central emergency department in a hospital

Interventions

Group 1: Patients who visit an emergency department in a hospital on a public holiday on which the primary care practices are closed. The following public holidays are considered: Labour Day, Ascensio

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: none

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: none

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Composition of patients attending an emergency department with respect to age, gender, diagnoses (proportion of ambulatory care sensitive conditions), urgency of treatment (Manchester triage system) and examinations performed (OPS codes)	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
with respect to the course of treatment (inpatient admission, recommendation for further treatment in the outpatient sector and discharged with treatment)	—

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactChristoph Strumann

Institut für Allgemeinmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Lübeck

c.strumann@uni-luebeck.de+4945131018005

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026