title: [No evidence that formalized triage is superior to informally structured triage].
abstract: Formalized triage has been implemented in all Danish emergency departments. The validation behind formalized triage has focused on investigating predictive validity, i.e. correspondence between triage category and different outcome measures. Reliability is primarily investigated in terms of inter-rater reliability on written patient cases, and several studies have methodological limitations questioning their clinical relevance. Currently, there is no evidence establishing that formalized triage is superior to informally structured triage with regards to clinical end points.
authors.affiliation: Meinungsgade 10, 1. tv., 2200 København N. anneksiversen@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Anne Kristine Servais
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Iversen
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kristensen
authors.forename: Rebecca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Østervig
authors.forename: Jakob Lundager
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Forberg
authors.forename: Morten
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schou
authors.forename: Kasper
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Iversen
mesh_terms: D003718:Denmark; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014218:Triage / Q000592:standards*