Factors that affect the flow of patients through triage

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 78-85

  Lyons, Melinda ^a,d   Brown, Ruth ^b   Wears, Robert ^c  

^a CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY NURSE PRACTITIONER; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL POLICY; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; TIME MANAGEMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKLOAD;

CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TRIAGE; WAITING LISTS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 33846839530     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2006.036764     Document Type: Article

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