Table 2 The receipt of an emergency department note by the patient’s family physician
2010 | 2015 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Patients with a Single ED visit (N = 19,659) | Patients with Multiple ED visits (N = 6950) | Patients with a Single ED visit (N = 37,182) | Patients with Multiple ED visits (N = 13,359) | |
Getting any ED note | 10,471 (53.3%)* | 4044 (58.2%) | 15,257 (41.0%)* | 6106 (45.7%) |
ED Consultation Note only | 6896 (65.9%)* | 2055 (50.8%) | 7519 (49.3%)* | 2218 (36.3%) |
ED Laboratory Results | 3225 (30.8%)* | 1105 (27.3%) | 6535 (42.8%)* | 2175 (35.6%) |
Miscellaneous ED Notes | 350 (3.3%)* | 884 (21.9%) | 1203 (7.9%)* | 1713 (28.1%) |