Differences in emergency nurse triage between a simulated setting and the real world, post hoc analysis of a cluster randomised trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

In the TRIAGE trial, a cluster randomised trial about diverting emergency department (ED) patients to a general practice cooperative (GPC) using a new extension to the Manchester Triage System, the difference in the proportion of patients assigned to the GPC was striking: 13.3% in the intervention group (patients were encouraged to comply to an ED or GPC assignment, real-world setting) and 24.7% in the control group (the assignment was not communicated, all remained at the ED, simulated setting). In this secondary analysis, we assess the differences in the use of the triage tool between intervention and control group and differences in costs and hospitalisations for patients assigned to the GPC.

Setting

ED of a general hospital and the adjacent GPC.

Participant

SUBMITTER: Morreel S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9252194 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature