Fig. 5

Treatment pathways of patients with AAP before and after their ED visit. The graph compares treatment pathways of 9531 patients who visited a general practitioner (including 235 patients for whom the type of OC was not documented) or specialist practice within 3 days before their ED visit (left Sankey diagram) versus 18,554 patients who did not (right Sankey diagram). AAP acute abdominal pain; ED emergency department; GP general practitioner; OC outpatient care; prOC prior outpatient care