Journal:
:international journal of hospital research
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faramarz pourasghar
road traffic injury research center and department of medical informatics, school of management and medical informatics, tabriz university of medical sciences, tabriz, iran. amin daemi
health management and economics research center, iran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran. jafar sadegh tabrizi
health services management research center, school of health management and medical informatics, tabriz university of medical sciences, tabriz, iran. alireza ala
department of emergency medicine, school of medicine, tabriz university of medical sciences, tabriz, iran.
background and objectives: mthe emergency severity index (esi) triage is commonly used in clinical settings to determine the patients’ emergency severity. however, the reliability of this index is not sufficiently explored. the present study examines the inter-rater reliability of esi by comparing triage ratings as performed by nurses and physicians. methods: this prospective cross-sectional st...
