Open AccessAppropriateness of gastrointestinal consultations for hospitalized patients in an academic medical center
Author(s) -
Michael Cohen,
Yaron Niv
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of postgraduate medicine/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 , center (category theory) , family medicine , medline , emergency medicine , pediatrics , medical emergency , general surgery , chemistry , political science , law , crystallography
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.