Dr. Castillo-Angeles added, “The other important point is that transfer status is not currently taken into account by most risk calculators. At least within the EGS population, it should be taken into account for clinical performance benchmarking.”
“Further studies are needed to define the role of regionalization of EGS care and to develop the best processes and guidelines to determine which EGS patients should be transferred,” the researchers note.
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