Triage: Limitations in predicting need for emergent care and hospital admission

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 493-500

  Brillman, J C ^a   Doezema, D ^a   Tandberg, D ^a   Sklar, D P ^a   Davis, K D ^a   Simms, S ^a   Skipper, B J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL SERVICE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029961614     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0644(96)70240-8     Document Type: Article

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