Safety and efficiency of triaging low urgent self-referred patients to a general practitioner at an acute care post: an observational study.
- Authors
- Type
- Published Article
- Journal
- Emergency medicine journal : EMJ
- Publication Date
- Nov 01, 2012
- Volume
- 29
- Issue
- 11
- Pages
- 877–881
- Identifiers
- DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2011-200539
- PMID: 22158535
- Source
- Medline
- License
- Unknown
Abstract
Low urgent self-referrals, with the exception of extremity problems, were shown to be treated efficiently and safely by a GP. A selected group of more urgent patients also seem to be handled adequately by the GP. Triage of low urgent patients with extremity problems and reasons for nurses not following a predefined triage allocation scheme need further elaboration.
