The Hong Kong Practitioner

Table 1: Outcomes of referrals grouped under the specialties for which the patients were referred

Specialty	Referred to AED (%#)	Default	*Admitted (%)**	Urgently Referred from AED	FU by AED	DAMA	Discharge from AED
Specialty	Referred to AED (%#)	Default	*Admitted (%)**	Urgently Referred from AED	FU by AED	DAMA	U	*N (%)**
Medicine	71 (51.8)	1	47 (66.2)		2	1	4	16 (22.5)
Surgery	24 (17.5)	1	18 (75.0)				0	5 (20.0)
Paediatrics	8 (5.8)	1	3 (37.5)	1	1		0	2 (25.0)
O&T	12 (8.8)		5 (41.7)	1	2		1	3 (25.0)
Eye	12 (8.8)		1 (8.3)	7			0	4 (33.3)
Gynaecology	10 (7.3)		7 (70.0)	1	1		0	1 (14.2)
Total	137 (100)	3 (2.2)	81 (59.1)	10 (7.3)	6 (4.4)	1 (0.7)	5(3.6)	31 (22.6)
# % of total referrals * % of the patients referred to AED under that specialty, including defaulters and DAMA patient FU = follow-up DAMA = discharged against medical advice O&T = Orthopaedics and Traumatology U = Urgent treatment or investigation that is unavailable at GOPC performed at AED. N = No urgent treatment or investigation that is unavailable at GOPC performed at AED.