Abstract:
OBJECTIVE:To determine self-referrals' motives to visit the accident & emergency departments (AED) and to compare their characteristics to patients contacting the GP cooperative. METHODS:Postal questionnaires were send to AED self-referrals and logistic regression analysis was used to contrast self-referrals to patients contacting the GP cooperative. RESULTS:For a study population of 62,000, during 4 months, 5547 contacts were registered with the GP cooperative, along with 808 AED contacts, 344 of whom (43%) were self-referrals. Main reasons to visit the AED were the perceived need for diagnostic facilities and the conviction that the hospital specialist was best qualified to handle the problem. Dissatisfaction with the GP cooperative among respondents was high. Self-referral to the AED was positively associated with injury, age between 15 and 64, musculoskeletal, cardiovascular and respiratory problems, and distance to the GP centre. CONCLUSION:Self-referrals emerge as patients with a strong preference for the AED, mainly based on assumptions on quality of care and necessary facilities. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS:While self-referrals may, in part, make motivated and appropriate choices to visit the AED, new integrated care models should be studied that can adequately deflect those who are eligible for GP care.
journal_name
Patient Educ Counsjournal_title
Patient education and counselingauthors
Moll van Charante EP,ter Riet G,Bindels Pdoi
10.1016/j.pec.2007.10.012subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2008-02-01 00:00:00pages
256-65issue
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0738-3991issn
1873-5134pii
S0738-3991(07)00422-3journal_volume
70pub_type
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journal_title:Patient education and counseling
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doi:10.1016/0738-3991(90)90074-u
更新日期:1990-12-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:1998-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Patient education and counseling
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doi:10.1016/j.pec.2014.05.009
更新日期:2014-08-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1016/j.pec.2010.02.013
更新日期:2011-01-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2020-08-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2013-07-01 00:00:00
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doi:10.1016/j.pec.2014.01.002
更新日期:2014-04-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2016-10-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.pec.2012.06.022
更新日期:2012-09-01 00:00:00
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doi:10.1016/j.pec.2011.04.029
更新日期:2011-06-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.pec.2015.08.007
更新日期:2015-10-01 00:00:00
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doi:10.1016/s0738-3991(97)00066-9
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doi:10.1016/s0738-3991(02)00124-6
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更新日期:2006-08-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.pec.2017.04.021
更新日期:2017-09-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2010-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2018-09-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2019-04-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.pec.2012.05.007
更新日期:2012-10-01 00:00:00