From: Assessing patient safety in a pediatric telemedicine setting: a multi-methods study
Telemedicine Physician’s Primary Decision | Subsequent Outcomesa | ||||
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The patient was not referred to the ED | Visited a physician within the next 2 days | Did not visit a physician within the next 2 days | Visited the ED despite having no referral | ||
231b [~ 71.5%] | 122 [~ 37.7%] Not referred to the ED | 104 [~ 32.2%] | 4 [~ 1.2%] | ||
1 [~ 0.3%] Referred to ED by the face-to-face physician (and released) | |||||
The patient was referred to the ED | Visited the ED and was discharged | Visited the ED and was admitted | Did not visit the ED despite a referral … | ||
29 [8.9%] | |||||
but visited a physician in the community | and did not visit physician in the community | ||||
92 [~ 28.4%] | 51 [~ 15.7%] | 12 [~ 3.7%] | 14 [~ 4.3%] | 15 [~ 4.6%] | |
Total | 323 [100%] | ||||
Missing | 16 |