Are patients who call a primary care office referred to the emergency department by non-healthcare personnel without the input of a physician?

Objective. We hypothesized that a significant percentage of patients who are referred to the Emergency Department (ED) after calling their primary care physician’s (PCP) office receive such instructions without the input of a physician. Methods. We enrolled a convenience sample of stable adults at a...

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Autores principales: Hill, Russell, Gest, Albert, Smith, Cynthia, Guardiola, Jose H., Apolinario, Michael, Ha, Joann, Gonzalez, Jose R., Richman, Peter B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PeerJ Inc. 2016
Materias:
Emergency and Critical Care
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4824903/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27069780
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1507

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