NTS versus waiting time: An indicator without definition

Emergency Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 47-50

  Fatovich, Daniel M ^a   Jacobs, Ian G ^b  

^a ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical indicators; National Triage Scale; Waiting time

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; TIME MANAGEMENT; TRIAGE; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 0035065130     PISSN: 10356851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2026.2001.00177.x     Document Type: Article

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