Comparison of the Emergency Severity Index (ESI) and the Taiwan triage system in predicting resource utilization

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 105, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 617-625

  Chi, Chih Hsien ^a   Huang, Chen Mao ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Chiali General Hospital   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Emergency department; Emergency severity index; Triage

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY PATIENT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STANDARDIZATION; TAIWAN;

EID: 33748482645     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-6646(09)60160-1     Document Type: Article

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