Table 5.
ToxIC registry case referral sources by inpatient/outpatient status
| N (%) | |
|---|---|
| Emergency department (ED) or inpatient (IP)a | |
| ED | 4322 (57.4) |
| Admitting service | 2168 (28.8) |
| Outside hospital transfer | 595 (7.9) |
| Request from another hospital service (not ED) | 423 (5.6) |
| Poison Center | 22 (0.3) |
| Primary care provider or other | 4 (0.1) |
| Self-referral | 2 (0.0) |
| ED/IP total | 7536 (100) |
| Outpatient (OP)/clinic/office consultationb | |
| Self-referral | 260 (45.0) |
| Primary care provider or other OP physician | 247 (42.7) |
| Employer/independent medical eval | 29 (5.0) |
| Poison Center | 24 (4.2) |
| ED | 13 (2.3) |
| Admitting service | 3 (0.5) |
| Request from another hospital service (not ED) | 2 (0.4) |
| Outpatient total | 578 (100) |
| Not recorded outpatient or inpatient | 1 (0.0) |
aPercentage based on the total number of cases (N = 7536) seen by a medical toxicologist as consultant (ED or IP) or as attending (IP)
bPercentage based on the total number of cases (N = 578) seen by a medical toxicologist as outpatient, clinic visit, or office consultation