First-Appointment Discharge

Benefits

Comparisons

Evidence quality

Highlighted claims

• The first-appointment discharge rate was 23.9% among participants and 19.36% among non-participants. — What factors influence patient participation in an artificial intelligence-based initiative to optimise referrals from primary to specialist haematology care? A multicentre retrospective observational study in four Spanish hospitals
• Participants were more likely than non-participants to be discharged back to primary care at the first haematology appointment. — What factors influence patient participation in an artificial intelligence-based initiative to optimise referrals from primary to specialist haematology care? A multicentre retrospective observational study in four Spanish hospitals
• The discharge-rate difference between participants and non-participants was statistically significant. — What factors influence patient participation in an artificial intelligence-based initiative to optimise referrals from primary to specialist haematology care? A multicentre retrospective observational study in four Spanish hospitals
• The increase in first-appointment discharge represented a 22% relative reduction in potentially avoidable follow-up. — What factors influence patient participation in an artificial intelligence-based initiative to optimise referrals from primary to specialist haematology care? A multicentre retrospective observational study in four Spanish hospitals
• At the individual presenting-complaint level, thrombocytosis was the only complaint with a significant discharge difference, and the control group did better for that complaint. — What factors influence patient participation in an artificial intelligence-based initiative to optimise referrals from primary to specialist haematology care? A multicentre retrospective observational study in four Spanish hospitals