Use of emergency departments by children and young people following telephone triage: a large database study
More tailored options for unscheduled healthcare may be needed for younger children. Both early low-acuity attendance and late high-acuity attendance following contact with NHS 111 could act as useful entry points for clinical audits of the telephone triage service.
Authors
- Kerryn Husk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5674-8673)
- Christopher Burton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0233-2431)
- Rebecca Simpson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1677-5938)
- Akshay Kumar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-2487-0551)
- Graham David Johnson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6004-6244)
Institutions
- University of Nottingham (GB)
- University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- University of Plymouth (GB)
- University of Sheffield (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Emergency Medicine Journal
- Published
- 2024-09-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2023-213619
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.69