Observational cohort study shows high workload from childhood fever in general practice out-of-hours services, indicating need for effective management.
This study shows that childhood fever does account for a large workload at GP out-of-hours services. One in three contacts is fever related and 70% of those febrile children are called in to be assessed by a GP. One in four consultations for childhood fever results in antibiotic prescribing and most consultations are managed in primary care without referral.
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