Implementation of the Canadian Emergency Department Triage and Acuity Scale (CTAS) in the Principality of Andorra: Can triage parameters serve as emergency department quality indicators?

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 315-322

  Gómez Jiménez, Josep ^a   Murray, Michael J ^b,c   Beveridge, Robert ^d   Pons Pons, Josep ^a   Albert Cortés, Ester ^a   Ferrando Garrigós, Joan B ^a   Borràs Ferré, Marta ^e  

^a HOSPITAL NOSTRA SENYORA DE MERITXELL   (Andorra)

^b Royal Victoria Hospital Barrie   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^e Informatics Department   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canadian Emergency Department Triage and Acuity Scale; CTAS; fractile response; triage; utilization

Indexed keywords

EID: 85013592717     PISSN: 14818035     EISSN: 14818043     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1481803500015827     Document Type: Article

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