Quality assessment of an Emergency Department
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Methods We evaluated the following: The percentage of mis-referrals to stationary wards, i. e. transferals to another specialty than the one chosen by the emergency department within 24 hours. The percentage of re-admitted patients within 30 days after discharge. For assessment we searched the National Patient Registry for all patients admitted to the ED during 2010 compared to 2008, i.e. the year before the ED was established.
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