Erratum: Self-referred patients at the Emergency Department: patient characteristics, motivations, and willingness to make a copayment
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[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1186/s12245-014-0030-7.].
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Self-referred patients at the Emergency Department: patient characteristics, motivations, and willingness to make a copayment
BACKGROUND In many countries, including the Netherlands, a substantial number of patients visit the Emergency Department (ED) without a referral by a general practitioner. The goal of this study was to determine the characteristics and motivations of self-referred patients (SRPs) at the ED. The secondary objective was to explore SRPs' opinion about copayments. METHODS A survey, in seven diffe...
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