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Making a telephone call follow-up of older patients discharged from the emergency department was found to result in expedited follow-up with their primary care physician. Comment: Thee authors performed an economic analysis of their data, and estimate that there is a 70% chance that the telephone intervention would reduce health care costs. Acad Emerg Med. 2014 Feb;21(2):188-195    (retrieved Apr, 2014). There are currently 1090 pearls in the database. While every attempt has been made to ensure accuracy, mistakes can and do occur. Use databank at your own risk. All pearls © 2024 by the Internet Medical Association. Click Here to view more medical pearls.