Suitability of the German version of the Manchester Triage System to redirect emergency department patients to general practitioner care: a prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To investigate the suitability of the German version of the Manchester Triage System (MTS) as a potential tool to redirect emergency department (ED) patients to general practitioner care. Such tools are currently being discussed in the context of reorganisation of emergency care in Germany.

Design

Prospective cohort study.

Setting

Single centre University Hospital Emergency Department.

Participants

Adult, non-surgical ED patients.

Exposure

A non-urgent triage category was defined as a green or blue triage category according to the German version of the MTS.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

Surrogate parameters for short-term risk (admission rate, diagnoses, length of hospital stay, admission to the intensive care unit, in-hospital

SUBMITTER: Slagman A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6527986 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature