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Triage agreement between nurses and ED physicians
| Categorization conducted by physicians, at the end of the ED consultation* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urgent, n (%) | Nonurgent, n (%) | Total, n | ||
| Categorization conducted by triage nurses, after the ED admittance | Urgent | 912 (88.0) | 255 (47.0) | 1,167 |
| Nonurgent | 124 (12.0) | 287 (53.0) | 411 | |
| Total, n | 1,036 | 542 | 1,578 | |
*Column percentages
p < 0.001
Kappa = 0.43; 95% CI = 0.39-0.48
