NHS direct: Constency of triage outcomes

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 289-292

  O'Cathain, Alicia ^a   Webber, Elizabeth ^a   Nicholl, Jon ^a   Munro, James ^a   Knowles, Emma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NURSE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDIZATION; TELEPHONE; ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOTLINES; HUMANS; NURSING STAFF; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE; STATE MEDICINE; TRIAGE;

EID: 0037842229     PISSN: 13510622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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