The enrollment of patients was a sample of convenience during hours when the study coordinator was available and included patients seen Monday-Friday during the hours of 9 30 AM- 5 00 PM.
Patients will often to present to the ED out of convenience (after hours or weekend), and thus we believe these results can be generalized to the population at large.
28 However, contrary to expectations, our study found that the association between out-of-hours use and convenience of opening hours was in fact stronger among those in part-time work and those not in work or education.
On the other hand, the association between convenience of opening hours and out-of-hours use tended to be stronger among patients who were in part-time employment and those not in work or education.
The strongest adjusted association was seen between convenience of opening hours and use of out-of-hours services (OR 1.42, 98% CI 1.36 to 1.50).
On further exploration of the associations between different employment groups, we found that the relationship between convenience of opening hours, our strongest predictor, and out-of-hours use was the strongest among unemployed patients.
The relationship between convenience of opening hours, our strongest predictor, and out-of-hours primary care use was strongest among patients not in employment or education, indicating that a potential way to reducing demand for out-of-hours primary care is by improving in-hours access (rather than extending opening hours).
When Shehzad Tanweer, a talented athlete who was twenty-two years old, bought snacks at a highway convenience store four hours before his death, he haggled over the change.
The bank's big selling point, apart from jollity, is convenience: longer opening hours and seven days a week banking, plus 15-minute account opening with a debit and credit card – though whether credit-crunched Britain needs more easy plastic is a moot point.
Most institutions would define convenience as just hours.
