Table 3 Number of patients referred distributed by outpatient clinics and stratified by internal and external referral sources
Total | Internal | External | P-valuea | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Outpatient clinics | N = 471 | N = 72 | N = 399 | < 0.001 |
Pulmonology | 160 (34.0%) | 20(27.8%) | 140(35.1%) | |
Cardiovascular | 117(24.8%) | 13(18.1%) | 104(26.1%) | |
Endocrinology | 77(16.3%) | 8(11.1%) | 69(17.3) | |
Day hospital | 63(13.4%) | 26(36.1%) | 37(9.3%) | |
Wound | 29(6.2%) | 2(2.8%) | 27(6.8%) | |
Nephrology | 25(5.3%) | 3(4.2%) | 22(5.5%) |