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Table 1 Quality of communication between primary care practitioners (PCPs) and Antoine-Béclère Hospital (results of the survey conducted in Hauts-de-Seine Sud (France) between March and October 2019)

From: Designing and describing an electronic referral system to facilitate direct hospital admissions

Item

N

%

 

(n = 55)

 

Overall quality of communication with the hospital practitioner

 Poor or weak

6

10.9

 Moderate

8

14.5

 Good or excellent

40

72.7

Ease of getting in touch with the hospital practitioner

 Poor or weak

20

36.3

 Moderate

28

50.9

 Good or excellent

6

10.9

Ease of obtaining medical advice

 Poor or weak

19

34.5

 Moderate

23

41.8

 Good or excellent

10

18.2

Ease of obtaining an outpatient consultation

 Poor or weak

23

41.8

 Moderate

25

45.5

 Good or excellent

4

7.3

Ease of obtaining hospitalization

 Poor or weak

16

29.0

 Moderate

25

45.5

 Good or excellent

7

12.7

Patients referred to the EDa because the PCP could not reach the hospital

 Never

8

14.5

 Rarely

13

23.6

 Sometimes or often

32

58.2

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