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Application of Queuing Theory to Optimize the Triage Process in a Tertiary Emergency Care (“ER”) Department

CONTEXT: Time from triage to patient care is usually evaluated, but time elapsed between the arrival of patient to emergency room (ER) and triage (pretriage) is not usually measured. AIMS: The present study evaluates how the application of the queuing (or “waiting line”) theory in the triage process...

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Autores principales: Moreno-Carrillo, Atilio, Arenas, Lina María Ávila, Fonseca, Julián Andrés, Caicedo, Camilo Andrés, Tovar, Sandra Verónica, Muñoz-Velandia, Oscar Mauricio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6883495/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31798241
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/JETS.JETS_42_19