Age, distance from a hospital, and level of deprivation are influential factors
- 1 April 1995
- Vol. 310 (6983) , 867
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.310.6983.867a
Abstract
EDITOR,—In his editorial on the increase in emergency admissions Richard Hobbs mentions the wide variation in general practitioners' referral patterns.1 He does not, however, consider the impact of the distance from a district general hospital on these referrals, the level of deprivation, or the age …Keywords
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- Rising emergency admissionsBMJ, 1995