Early Quick Acuity Score Provides More Complete Data on Emergency Department Walkouts
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Early Quick Acuity Score Provides More Complete Data on Emergency Department Walkouts
INTRODUCTION Many prior studies have compared the acuity of Emergency Department (ED) patients who have Left Without Being Seen (LWBS) against non-LWBS patients. A weakness in these studies is that patients may walk out prior to the assignment of a triage score, biasing comparisons. We report an operational change whereby acuity was assessed immediately upon patient arrival. We hypothesized mor...
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عنوان ژورنال: PLoS ONE
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0085776