The Emergency Severity Index (version 3) 5-level triage system scores predict ED resource consumption

Journal of Emergency Nursing

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 22-29

  Tanabe, Paula ^a   Gimbel, Rick ^b   Yarnold, Paul R ^b   Adams, James G ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 1342267540     PISSN: 00991767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jen.2003.11.004     Document Type: Article

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