Workpackages

Work Package 1

• WP1a.  Estimation of the frequency and pattern of unscheduled and urgent care in Greek patients with diabetes, rheumatologic disorders and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
• WP1b.  Identification of the psychosocial factors associated with unscheduled and urgent care in patients with these 3 long term conditions.
• WP1c. A standardized version of the screening for somatization instrument Patient Health Questionnaire 15.

Work Package 2

• WP2a. A clinical prediction rule for identifying patients who are potential high users of unscheduled care.
• WP2b. Identification of key elements that can be influenced by new interventions to reduce urgent care.
• WP2c. A rich detailed and highly practical understanding of who accesses unscheduled care, why they do this, what they experience, and what happens to them.

Work Package 3

• WP3. Our programme is expected to demonstrate the feasibility of introducing the clinical prediction rule care intervention into AED. Other tangible outputs will include a robust system for detecting potential high users of unscheduled care in long term conditions and a user informed intervention to be used in conjunction with the clinical prediction rule for the prevention of unscheduled care. The expectation of the research team is that work from this study will inform clinical practice and policy.

• Publications in Scientific Journals
• Congress Communications 
• The Physician's Card (In Greek) 
• Booklets (in Greek) for patients suffering from: Diabetes, COPD, Rheumatic Diseases
• Miscellaneous