Is it a matter of urgency? A survey of assessments by walk-in patients and doctors of the urgency level of their encounters at a general emergency outpatient clinic in Oslo, Norway

BACKGROUND: Emergency room (ER) use is increasing in several countries. Variability in the proportion of non-urgent ER visits was found to range from 5 to 90 % (median 32 %). Non-urgent emergency visits are considered an inappropriate and inefficient use of the health-care system because they may le...

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Autores principales: Ruud, Sven Eirik, Hjortdahl, Per, Natvig, Bård
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4932670/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27378228
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12873-016-0086-1

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4932670/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27378228
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12873-016-0086-1

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