Impact of the ABCDE triage in primary care emergency department on the number of patient visits to different parts of the health care system in Espoo City

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Many Finnish emergency departments (ED) serve both primary and secondary health care patients and are therefore referred to as combined emergency departments. Primary care doctors are responsible for the initial assessment and treatm...

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Main Authors: Kantonen Jarmo, Menezes Ricardo, Heinänen Tuula, Mattila Juho, Mattila Kari J, Kauppila Timo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-01-01
Series:BMC Emergency Medicine
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-227X/12/2