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Do patients referred to emergency departments after being assessed in primary care differ from other ED patients? Retrospective analysis of a random sample from two German metropolitan EDs

BACKGROUND: To assess differences between patients referred to emergency departments by a primary care physician (PCP) and those presenting directly and the impact of referral on the likelihood of admission. DESIGN OF STUDY: Retrospective cohort study. SETTING: EDs of two nonacademic general hospita...

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Autores principales: Umgelter, Andreas, Faust, Markus, Wenske, Slatomir, Umgelter, Katrin, Schmid, Roland M., Walter, Georg
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10523768/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37752441
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12245-023-00542-9