Triage practices for emergency care delivery: a qualitative study among febrile patients and healthcare workers in a tertiary care hospital in Nepal

Abstract Background Improving screening and triage practices is essential for early severity assessments at the first point of contact and ensuring timely attention by healthcare workers (HCWs). The main objective of this study was to explore the triage process among febrile patients and HCWs in the...

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Published in:	BMC Health Services Research
Main Authors:	Bipin Adhikari, Lava Shrestha, Manjita Bajracharya, Nishika Aryal, Anuja Rajbhandari, Ramesh K. Maharjan, Santa K. Das, Jyotshna Sapkota, Kevin K. A. Tetteh, Debashish Das
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2024-02-01
Subjects:	Triage Emergency department Patient journey In-depth interview
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-024-10663-3

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