Can emergency department triage nurses predict patients' dispositions?

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 10-14

  Kosowsky, Joshua M ^a   Shindel, Stuart ^a   Liu, Tiepu ^a   Hamilton, Catherine ^a   Pancioli, Arthur M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hospital admission; Medical decision making; Triage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NURSE; NURSING; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0035182071     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ajem.2001.20033     Document Type: Article

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