Self-triage for acute primary care via a smartphone application: Practical, safe and efficient?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2018, Pages

  Verzantvoort, Natascha C M ^a   Teunis, Teun ^a   Verheij, Theo J M ^a   Van Der Velden, Alike W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONVENIENCE SAMPLE; COUGHING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOBILE APPLICATION; OUT-OF-HOURS CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SELF CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN DISEASE; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SATISFACTION; SMARTPHONE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; NETHERLANDS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SMARTPHONE; TRIAGE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85049197267     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0199284     Document Type: Review

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