Arch Pediat Adol Med
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Arch Pediat Adol Med · Jul 2003
Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical TrialDoes telephone triage delay significant medical treatment?: Advice nurse service vs on-call pediatricians.
Advice nurse call centers are used to ensure access to medical advice, thereby potentially reducing the costs of health services. ⋯ The proportions of callers who sought unadvised medical care and who received unadvised significant care were not significantly different in the advice nurse and pediatrician groups. This suggests that advice nurses do not delay significant medical treatment when compared with pediatricians.