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Cross-sectional analysis of hospital tasks handed over to general practitioners: workload delegation or dumping?

Zahir MughalRajib Maharjan
Published in: Postgraduate medical journal (2021)
The majority of outstanding tasks in the hospital setting were followed up by hospital clinicians. A considerable volume of tasks were delegated to GPs, of which a significant proportion were inappropriate. An increase in awareness and understanding among hospital clinicians of their responsibility to follow up hospital-initiated investigations is needed.
Keyphrases
  • healthcare
  • acute care
  • adverse drug
  • cross sectional
  • palliative care
  • emergency department