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Duplication of referral, a tsunami of paper: how much does it cost the Irish health services?

BACKGROUND: Prolonged waiting lists increase costs as medical problems may become more expensive to fix. There are also hidden financial costs. Irish Clinical Genetic services have long out-patient waiting times. We noticed duplicate referrals (patients on the waiting list) being re-referred because...

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Autores principales: Walsh, Nicola, Malone, Lisa, Lynch, Sally Ann
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8743075/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35001335
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11845-021-02866-y