Self-referrals in the emergency department: reasons why patients attend the emergency department without consulting a general practitioner first—a questionnaire study

BACKGROUND: To influence self-referral, it is crucial to know a patient’s motives to directly visit the emergency department (ED). The goal of this study is to examine motives for self-referral to the ED and compare these motives in relation to appropriateness. METHODS: All self-referred patients vi...

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Autores principales: Kraaijvanger, Nicole, Rijpsma, Douwe, van Leeuwen, Henk, Edwards, Michael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4671987/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26644131
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12245-015-0096-x

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