Safety and efficiency of a redirection procedure toward an out of hours general practice before admission to an emergency department, an observational study

Safety and efficiency of a redirection procedure toward an out of hours general practice before admission to an emergency department, an observational study

Abstract Background Primary care patients are often cited as a cause of Emergency Department overcrowding (ED). The aim of this study was to evaluate a physician led redirection procedure of selected patients towards an out of hours general practice (OHGP) in an Emergency Department with 55,000 admi...

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Main Authors: Charles Morin, Jacques Choukroun, Jean-Christophe Callahan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-08-01
Series:BMC Emergency Medicine
Subjects:
Emergency department management
Patient redirection
Patient safety
Primary care
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12873-018-0173-6

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