Lack of primary care a major driver of Middlemore ED numbers

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Lack of primary care a major driver of Middlemore ED numbers

Stephen

Forbes

sforbes@nzdoctor.co.nz

Friday 16 June 2023, 09:50 AM

Many patients turn up at Middlemore Hospital’s emergency department having either been to their GP or tried to get a GP appointment

A study of the reasons people seek non-urgent medical care at Middlemore Hospital’s emergency department has found many have already visited a doctor

Primary Care

References

Yang CJ, Selak V, Schaaf D et al. Pacific patients' reasons for attending the emergency department of Counties Manukau for non-urgent conditions. NZ Med J 2023 (online 16 June).

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