TY - JOUR
T1 - The use of triage in Danish Emergency Departments
AU - Østergaard Lindberg, Søren
AU - la Cour, Jeppe Lerche
AU - Folkestad, Lars
AU - Hallas, Peter
AU - Brabrand, Mikkel
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - The emergency departments (EDs) handle approximately 1,000,000 contacts annually. Danish health care is undergoing reorganization that involves the creation of fewer and larger EDs to handle these contacts. There is therefore a need to prioritize the use of resources to optimize treatment. We thus wanted to investigate if Danish EDs are using triage systems and, if so, which systems they are using.
AB - The emergency departments (EDs) handle approximately 1,000,000 contacts annually. Danish health care is undergoing reorganization that involves the creation of fewer and larger EDs to handle these contacts. There is therefore a need to prioritize the use of resources to optimize treatment. We thus wanted to investigate if Danish EDs are using triage systems and, if so, which systems they are using.
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 21975149
SN - 0907-8916
VL - 58
SP - A4301
JO - Danish Medical Bulletin
JF - Danish Medical Bulletin
IS - 10
ER -