Triage presenting complaint descriptions bias emergency department waiting times

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 731-735

  Dutch, Martin J ^a   Taylor, David McD ^b   Dent, Andrew W ^c  

^a MELBOURNE HEALTH   (Australia)

^b AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^c St Vincent's Mental Health Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bias; Emergency medicine; Emergency treatment; Prejudice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISLOCATION; DIZZINESS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FRACTURE; HEART PALPITATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRIAGE; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 56849123756     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2008.00177.x     Document Type: Article

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