The use of triage in Danish emergency departments

Danish Medical Bulletin

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1-

  Lindberg, Søren Østergaard ^a   la Cour, Jeppe Lerche ^b   Folkestad, Lars ^c   Hallas, Peter ^d   Brabrand, Mikkel ^e  

^a ROSKILDE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c Sydvestjysk Hospital   (Denmark)

^d Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^e Esbjerg University Hospital   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DENMARK; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM;

EID: 80053610377     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16039629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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