The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners
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Multicenter Study
Factors influencing professional decision making on unplanned hospital admission: a qualitative study.
Unplanned admissions to hospital are a challenge for healthcare systems internationally. In the UK variation in unplanned admission rates across geographical areas, general practices and GPs remains largely unexplained. ⋯ Professional decision making that leads to unplanned admission to hospital is influenced by a range of organisational and individual health or social care professional factors. Finding ways to modify and ameliorate the effects of these systems and individual influences should be considered an important goal in the design of new interventions.