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. 2006 Sep 19;6:8. doi: 10.1186/1471-227X-6-8

Table 5.

Clinicians' stated reasons for patients 'refusing to travel'

Reasons given by clinicians/crew Themes (n = 220) Quotations recorded on the AS34
Non injury/minor injury 120 (54.5%) 'Fall – no injury'
'Minor injuries only'
'RTA – no injuries'
Patient responded to treatment/recovered/significantly improved 54 (24.5%) 'Condition improved after treatment'
'Baby delivered, no need for transportation'
For assessment by other clinician (usually doctor) 2 (0.9%) 'Examined by out of hours doctor'
No medical emergency/social problem/inappropriate call out 12 (5.5%) 'No medical emergency (4thvisit in last 20 hours)'
'Faint – couldn't get through to Out of hours [OOH] doctor so called ambulance'
'Not appropriate as social problem'
'No reason for call-out'
'Can't cope – wants to go but only if wife can go as well'
Explicitly recorded refused to travel against advice 32 (14.5%) 'Refused against strongest advice and concerns'
'Refused transport four times'
'Refused – pain in lumbar region following RTA'
'Refused – liased with out of hours GP'

*The themes and categories were identified from the data and agreed by the research group