A pragmatic triage system to reduce length of stay in medical emergency admission: Feasibility study and health economic analysis

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 815-820

  Subbe, C P ^a   Kellett, J ^d   Whitaker, C J ^c   Jishi, F ^b   White, A ^b   Price, S ^b   Ward Jones, J ^b   Hubbard, R E ^e   Eeles, E ^e   Williams, L ^b  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b WREXHAM MAELOR HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d St Joseph's General Hospital Nenagh   (Ireland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Emergency admission; Frailty; Internal medicine; Length of stay; Triage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FRAILTY SCALE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LENGTH OF STAY; LOW RISK PATIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; AGED; ALGORITHM; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL COST; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TRIAGE;

EID: 84912573025     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: 18790828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2014.06.001     Document Type: Article

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