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Ambulance dispatch of older patients following primary and secondary telephone triage in metropolitan Melbourne, Australia: a retrospective cohort study

BACKGROUND: Most calls to ambulance result in emergency ambulance dispatch (direct dispatch) following primary telephone triage. Ambulance Victoria uses clinician-led secondary telephone triage for patients identified as low-acuity during primary triage to refer them to alternative care pathways; ho...

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Autores principales: Eastwood, Kathryn, Nambiar, Dhanya, Dwyer, Rosamond, Lowthian, Judy A, Cameron, Peter, Smith, Karen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7651717/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33158837
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-042351