Are there gender disparities in symptom presentation or triage of patients with chest discomfort at primary care out-of-hours services? An observational study.

Manon G van der MeerYolande AppelmanKarlijn H G RuttenYolanda van der GraafHendrik M NathoePieter A DoevendansMichelle SmitEmmy VerheijAnne BotermansFrans H Rutten

Published in: BMJ open (2019)

Discriminating ACS in patients with chest discomfort who contacted primary care OHS is difficult in both women and men. Women and men with chest discomfort received similar high urgency allocation.

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