Is overtriage associated with increased mortality? The evidence says "yes"

Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 4-5

  Armstrong, John H ^a,d   Hammond, Jeffrey ^b   Hirshberg, Asher ^c   Frykberg, Erik R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Box 100286 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISASTER MEDICINE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MORTALITY; NOTE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

CRITICAL CARE; DISASTER MEDICINE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MORTALITY; TRIAGE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 42949151904     PISSN: 19357893     EISSN: 193844X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DMP.0b013e31816476c0     Document Type: Editorial

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