Health care resource utilization outcomes
ADVERSE EVENTS
The ED physician or PT will complete a standardized form following their assessment and interventions, indicating diagnoses, requests for additional medical imaging or laboratory tests (if relevant), treatment plan (e.g., conservative treatment options, medication or physiotherapy care), discharge plan, and referral to other professional or medical specialists, if relevant. Providers in both arms will have access to the patient’s full medical record. Proportion of medical imaging tests or other laboratory tests, drug prescriptions/recommendations for analgesics and for opioids, and referral to other providers after initial assessment will be recorded with this form and confirmed with the participants’ medical file. Any adverse events, re-visits to the ED for the same complaint, and any incidents associated with care will be questioned at each time point during follow-up and completed by consulting patients’ medical files.