Interrater agreement: A comparison between two emergency department triage scales

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 68-72

  Göransson, Katarina E ^a   Von Rosen, Anette ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

emergency department; reliability; triage

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE PROCESS TRIAGE SCALE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISPERSION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FIVE LEVEL TRIAGE SCALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTERED NURSE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM;

EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING, TEAM; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWEDEN; TRIAGE;

EID: 79953104569     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEJ.0b013e32833ce4eb     Document Type: Article

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