Self-referring patients at the emergency department: appropriateness of ED use and motives for self-referral

BACKGROUND: Nearly all Dutch citizens have a general practitioner (GP), acting as a gatekeeper to secondary care. Some patients bypass the GP and present to the emergency department (ED). To make best use of existing emergency care, Dutch health policy makers and insurance companies have proposed th...

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Autores principales: van der Linden, M Christien, Lindeboom, Robert, van der Linden, Naomi, van den Brand, Crispijn L, Lam, Rianne C, Lucas, Cees, de Haan, Rob, Goslings, J Carel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer 2014
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Original Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4110705/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25097670
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12245-014-0028-1

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4110705/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25097670
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12245-014-0028-1

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