Articles: hospital-emergency-service.
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Triage is the process by which patients are assessed upon their arrival at a health care facility to determine the urgency of their problem and to determine the appropriate health care resource. Of the five major types of triage, advanced triage is the most comprehensive system. It includes initial assessment, initiation of diagnostic procedures, appropriate physical examination, documentation, and a referral system. Implementation of a triage system should include didactic components, a clinical trial, written examinations, and documented certification.
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Comparative Study
Differences in the use of emergency room and hospitalization in relation to primary care pediatric services.
Two pediatric primary care services in Ofakim, Israel, were compared with respect to their use of hospital emergency room facilities and hospitalizations. The services compared were a community-based university pediatric clinic in which preventive and curative care were merged and a traditional service in which preventive and curative care were provided by different agencies. ⋯ The proportion of children who were admitted to hospital, among those referred to the emergency room, was much higher for the university clinic. Consistent differences were not found in the number of hospital admissions/1,000 children in the population, nor in the mean duration of stay of hospitalized children.