RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The work of an accident and emergency department
JF The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners
JO J R Coll Gen Pract
FD British Journal of General Practice
SP 54
OP 60
VO 26
IS 162
A1 O'Flanagan, P.
YR 1976
UL http://bjgp.org/content/26/162/54.abstract
AB In a six month period 2,379 new patients were treated in a designated major accident centre. Of these cases two thirds (67·9 per cent) were thought to be appropriate for management by general practitioners. I suggest that these cases are properly treated in an accident and emergency department and that these departments should be developed as part of the primary health care teams.