Open AccessAppropriateness of gastrointestinal consultations for hospitalized patients in an academic medical center
Author(s) -
Michael Cohen,
Yael Niv
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of postgraduate medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.405
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 0972-2823
pISSN - 0022-3859
DOI - 10.4103/0022-3859.62427
Subject(s) - medicine , ambulatory , colonoscopy , retrospective cohort study , family medicine , population , general surgery , emergency medicine , pediatrics , colorectal cancer , environmental health , cancer
Consultation of experts in the internal medicine or surgery subspecialties is needed in the hospitalized population according to decisions of the house staff. Sometimes the referrals are not justified, consuming time and money without a significant change in the patient outcome.
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