Safety of telephone triage in general practitioner cooperatives: Do triage nurses correctly estimate urgency?

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 181-184

  Giesen, Paul ^a   Ferwerda, Rosa ^a   Tijssen, Roelie ^a   Mokkink, Henk ^a   Drijver, Roeland ^a   Van Den Bosch, Wil ^a   Grol, Richard ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; NURSE TRAINING; NURSING EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TELECONSULTATION; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COOPERATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY; GENERAL PRACTICE; GROUP PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NETHERLANDS; NURSING; NURSING DIAGNOSIS; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SAFETY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TEACHING; TELEPHONE;

AFTER-HOURS CARE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCIES; FAMILY PRACTICE; GROUP PRACTICE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOTLINES; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; NETHERLANDS; NURSING AUDIT; NURSING DIAGNOSIS; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT SIMULATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REMOTE CONSULTATION; SAFETY; TRIAGE;

EID: 34250879652     PISSN: 14753898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.2006.018846     Document Type: Article

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