Inter-rater reliability of the South African Triage Scale: Assessing two different cadres of health care workers in a real time environment

African Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 113-118

  Twomey, Michle ^a   De Sá, Angela ^a   Wallis, Lee A ^a   Myers, Jonathan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Emergency Centre; Inter rater reliability; South African Triage Scale; Triage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL STUDENT; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84866480341     PISSN: 2211419X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.afjem.2011.08.003     Document Type: Article

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