Overutilization of the general hospital emergency room for psychiatric referrals in an Israeli hospital
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11032858 |
|---|---|
| Authors | D Vigiser, Alan Apter (0000-0002-1905-0505), Uri Aviram (0000-0003-1551-3573), B Maoz |
| Year | 1984 |
| Volume | 74 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 73-75 |
| Publication date | 1984-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048 |
| Publisher | American Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2105/ajph.74.1.73 |
| PMID | 6689847 |
| OpenAlex | W2029395305 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 18 |
Consecutive referrals numbering 177 to the psychiatrist in an Israeli general hospital emergency room (ER) over a two-month period were evaluated. Only one-third met our criteria of justifiability. When the general practitioner (GP) was the referral source, we considered only 29 per cent of cases justified as compared to 70 per cent of the self-referrals. A combination of poor understanding by the GP of when to refer urgently, efforts by the GP to bypass clinic waiting lists, and lack of alternative community facilities may have accounted for this finding
Family medicine · General hospital · Medical emergency · Psychiatry · Referral · Emergency and Acute Care Studies · Emergency Medicine · Healthcare Systems and Technology · Medicine · Psychiatric care and mental health services · Pediatrics
| Citations per year | 0.03 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1991 - 1991 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |