Self-rated worry is associated with hospital admission in out-of-hours telephone triage – a prospective cohort study

Self-rated worry is associated with hospital admission in out-of-hours telephone triage – a prospective cohort study

Abstract Objective Telephone triage manages patient flow in acute care, but a lack of visual cues and vague descriptions of symptoms challenges clinical decision making. We aim to investigate the association between the caller’s subjective perception of illness severity expressed as “degree-of-worry...

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Main Authors: Hejdi Gamst-Jensen, Erika Frischknecht Christensen, Freddy Lippert, Fredrik Folke, Ingrid Egerod, Linda Huibers, Mikkel Brabrand, Janne Schurmann Tolstrup, Lau Caspar Thygesen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-06-01
Series:Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
Subjects:
Decision support systems
Emergency medicine
Telephone hotlines
Triage
Patient-centered care
Decision making
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13049-020-00743-8

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