The effect of provider level triage in a military treatment facility emergency department

Journal of Emergency Primary Health Care

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 2-

  Barbee, George A ^a   Berry Cabán, Cristóbal S ^a   Daymude, Marc L ^a   Oliver, Jeffrey ^a   Gay, Steven ^a  

^a WOMACK ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency medical service; Emergency medical technician; Health services research; Military population; Patient care; Radiography; Team administration; Team organization; Time factors; Triage; Waiting lists; Wounds and injuries therapy

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROCESS MODEL;

EID: 78650978840     PISSN: 14474999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.33151/ajp.8.4.87     Document Type: Article

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