Self-rated worry is associated with hospital admission in out-of-hours telephone triage – a prospect...
Self-rated worry is associated with hospital admission in out-of-hours telephone triage – a prospective cohort study
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London: BioMed Central Ltd
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English
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London: BioMed Central Ltd
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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" (DOW) and hospital admissions within 48 h. Design and set...
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Self-rated worry is associated with hospital admission in out-of-hours telephone triage – a prospective cohort study
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TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_5bf625299fd648389eab98af695efaff
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_5bf625299fd648389eab98af695efaff
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1757-7241
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1757-7241
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10.1186/s13049-020-00743-8
