title: Triage of children in A&E: research shortfall addressed.
abstract: An estimated three million children visit UK accident and emergency departments annually. While there has been a drive in recent years to provide separate paediatric A&E facilities, the majority of children requiring emergency treatment are still seen in general A&E departments. As part of a research project looking at children's experiences of A&E, a survey was carried out in autumn 1993 and winter 1994 to establish the current level of services and facilities for children in A&E and to see how the triage system is currently applied to this area.
authors.affiliation: University of the West of England, Bristol.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bentley
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002662:Child Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D014218:Triage / Q000458:organization & administration*