Triage processes in primary, secondary, and tertiary health care facilities in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal: a mixed-methods study
Consistent utilization of triage protocols, coupled with improved infrastructure, resource allocation, and training for healthcare workers is critical for the optimization of triage processes in healthcare settings in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal.
Authors
- Lava Shrestha
- Jyotshna Sapkota (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3134-7854)
- Kevin K. A. Tetteh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2733-0037)
- Sweekriti Shrestha
- Manjita Bajracharya
- Bipin Adhikari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8981-3910)
- Debashish Das (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9171-656X)
- Mikaela Watson
- Sabine Dittrich (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4522-2788)
- Ramesh Kumar Maharjan
- Rakesh Pariyar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-6990-2949)
- Anuja Rajbhandari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-7786-9680)
- Nishika Aryal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-7327-6948)
- Michael Otieno (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-3681-6222)
Institutions
- FIND (CH)
- Mahidol University (TH)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- Nepal Development Research Institute (NP)
- Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (NP)
- Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (TH)
- Deggendorf Institute of Technology (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Emergency Medicine
- Published
- 2024-11-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12873-024-01139-y
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.38
Funders
- Australian Government
- Tribhuvan University