
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Bolton, Patrick 
A1  - Mira, Michael 
T1  - Brief Research Note: A Comparison of the Provision of Counselling and Advice to Primary Care Patients in Emergency Departments and a General Practice Casualty Department
JF  - Australian Journal of Primary Health
JO  - Aust. J. Prim. Health
Y1  - 2002
VL  - 8
IS  - 1
SP  - 91
EP  - 91
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/PY02015 
N2  - Data were collected from clinicians at the time of consultation about the care that they provided in 12,813 encounters in a general practitioner (GP) staffed casualty department and 719 primary care encounters in two emergency departments (Bolton, 1999). Data were collected by the GPs themselves in general practice, and by a research officer located in the emergency departments. Patients seen in the emergency department were ambulatory patients whom the triage nurse assessed would not suffer an adverse outcome if they had to wait an hour or longer for care. Comparison of these two patient populations established that they were similar in terms of age, gender, ethnicity, and reason for encounter. 
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