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Table 5 Answers to the question where self-referred patients would seek medical help, confronted with similar symptoms

From: Self-referrals in the emergency department: reasons why patients attend the emergency department without consulting a general practitioner first—a questionnaire study

Multiple choice answer

Number (%)

Appropriate (%)

Inappropriate (%)

P value

ED

1104 (78.5)

686 (62.1)

418 (37.9)

<0.001

GP

320 (22.8)

144 (45.0)

176 (55.0)

<0.001

No medical help

16 (1.1)

5 (31.3)

11 (68.8)

0.029