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Table 4 Incorrect triage per urgency category

From: Patient and care characteristics of self-referrals treated by the general practitioner cooperative at emergency-care-access-points in the Netherlands

Urgency

Incorrect triage

Under triage

Over triage

Total

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

U1 Life-threatening (n = 0)

–

 

–

 

–

 

U2 Acute (n = 25)

2

(8.0)

7

(28.0)

9

(36.0)

U3 Urgent (n = 344)

15

(4.4)

42

(12.2)

57

(16.6)

U4aRoutine (n = 164)

46

(28.0)

-

-

46

(28.0)

Totalb

63

(11.8)

49

(9.2)

112

(21.1)

  1. aOvertriage is by definition not possible at the lowest level of urgency
  2. bData refer to two out of the three GPCs (second and third)
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