After-hours services misused.

Australian Doctor,  December, 2006  by Ramachandran, Arjun

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Arjun Ramachandran reports from the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine Scientific Forum in Adelaide, 16-19 November.

PATIENTS need to be educated about the impact of after-hours calls on GPs' private lives, according to researchers, with data showing more than 80% of those accessing rural after-hours primary care do not require urgent treatment.

GPs were often called after hours for conditions that were not considered emergencies, said Ms Roberta Morris, manager of the Rural Doctors Workforce Agency's after-hours program.

Data from 10 rural and remote SA ...

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