Check out this study used to help describe pediatric emergency department (ED) referrals from urgent care centers and to determine the percentage of referrals considered essential and serious.
The study was conducted between April 2013 and April 2015 on patients younger than 21 years referred directly to an ED in central Pennsylvania from surrounding urgent care centers. Referrals were considered essential or serious based on investigations/procedures performed or medications/consultations received in the ED.