Impact on patients triage distribution utilizing the Australasian Triage Scale compared with its predecessor the National Triage Scale

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 17, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 429-433

  Yousif, Khalid ^a   Bebbington, Jane ^a   Foley, Bernard ^a  

^a AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Australasian Triage Scale; Casemix; National Triage Scale; Performance indicators; Triage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; MEDICAL AUDIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 28444439169     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2005.00773.x     Document Type: Article

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