PEDIATRIC MEDICAL OUTPATIENTS - ARE ALL THOSE REVIEWS NECESSARY

Citation
Kl. Dodd et al., PEDIATRIC MEDICAL OUTPATIENTS - ARE ALL THOSE REVIEWS NECESSARY, Archives of Disease in Childhood, 70(6), 1994, pp. 493-495
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics
ISSN journal
00039888
Volume
70
Issue
6
Year of publication
1994
Pages
493 - 495
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-9888(1994)70:6<493:PMO-AA>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
The value of and need for paediatric outpatient review attendance as p erceived by parents, children, consultants, and general practitioners (GPs) were general assessed. One hundred and ninety one parents of 239 children over 7 years of age undergoing review were randomly selected for a semistructured interview. For each parent interviewed, an audit question-completed was completed after case note review by another pa ediatrician. A random sample of the patients' GPs was surveyed by post al questionnaire. Twenty per cent of parents and 26% of GPs felt that the GP could care for the child as well as or better than the hospital , whereas only 6% of consultants felt this to be so. Regarding future attendance of the child at the hospital, 48% of parents and 32% of GPs felt the child could either be discharged or seen when parents were w orried, whereas consultants felt 24% of patients should have been disc harged.