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Selectie aan de poort: onterechte zelfverwijzers op de SEH terugdringen.

Reitsma-van Rooijen, M., Brabers, A., Jong, J. de. Selectie aan de poort: onterechte zelfverwijzers op de SEH terugdringen. TSG: Tijdschrift voor Gezondheidswetenschappen: 2013, 91(1), p. 41-43.
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Triage as a solution to reduce the number of unjustified self referred patients at the emergency department Many patients visit the Emergency Department (ED) without being referred by a health care provider. According to the employees at the ED most of these visits are unjustified, since these patients had to go to a General Practitioner. Research of NIVEL shows that most self-reffered patients themselves judge their ED visit as justified. For patients it is not always clear where they should go with their health complaint. Therefore it would be better that health care providers make this decision. This can be done using a triage system. Our study shows that people have confidence in such a triage system. (aut. ref.)
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