Family Medicine & Primary Care Review
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Evaluation of prior consultations with family (primary care) physicians and satisfaction with family medicine services among patients assigned with yellow triage code in the Emergency Department

Ayça Çalbay
1
,
Harun Soyer
2
,
İdeal Beraa Yılmaz Kartal
3
,
Mevlana Gül
1
,
Murat Maksut Çalbay
4
,
Sultan Tuna Akgöl Gür
1

  1. Department of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Atatürk University, Erzurum, Turkey
  2. Elbistan District Health Directorate, Kahramanmaraş, Turkey
  3. Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Atatürk University, Erzurum, Turkey
  4. Erzurum Provincial Health Directorate, Erzurum, Turkey
Family Medicine & Primary Care Review 2025; 27(4)
Online publish date: 2025/12/22
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