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Table 4 Patient flow in the IEP and control settings

From: Towards integration of general practitioner posts and accident and emergency departments: a case study of two integrated emergency posts in the Netherlands

	IEP		Control
	To	T1	To	T1
Number of patients A&E	6257	5315**	3985	4321*
Number of contacts GP Post	10195	12940*	14011	12719**
Time spent at post	1 hr 56 min	1 hr 42 min**	1 hr 34 min	2 hrs*
% self-referrals	62%	46%**	53%	58%*

* T1 significantly higher, p < 0.05, Chi square ** T1 significantly lower, p < 0.05, Chi square

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