Can primary care patients be identified within an emergency department workload?
Elley CR;Randall PJ;Bratt D;Freeman P;;
the new zealand medical journal2007Vol. 120pp. -
248
cr2007thecan
Abstract
Our study has shown retrospectively that a significant number of ED presentations may have been managed in primary care. However this was determined with knowledge of investigation results and final diagnosis, by clinicians who had poor agreement about individual cases. In reality, triage nurses in …