Primary care referrals of patients with potentially serious diseases to the emergency department or a quick diagnosis unit: a cross-sectional retrospective study

Conclusions:
Most PHC-ED-QDU patients might have been directly referred to QDU from PHC, avoiding the inconvenience of the ED visit. A stricter definition of QDU evaluation criteria may be needed to improve and hasten PHC referrals.

Source: BMC Family Practice - April 28, 2014 Category: Primary Care Authors: Xavier BoschOna EscodaDavid NicolásEmmanuel ColomaSara FernándezAntonio CocaAlfonso López-Soto Source Type: research