What is duty/triage? Understanding the role of duty/triage in an area mental health service

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 787-791

  Grigg, Margaret ^a   Herrman, Helen ^b   Harvey, Carol ^c  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c North Western Mental Health ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical decision making; Mental health assessment; Mental health triage; Pathways to care; Referral patterns

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAREGIVER; CONSULTATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG ABUSE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; MENTAL DISEASE; STATISTICS;

AUSTRALIA; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TRIAGE;

EID: 0036906564     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1614.2002.01088.x     Document Type: Article

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