Table 2.

Inter-rater reliability of triages performed by the ETS^a, divided by trauma and non-trauma patients and the treatment area within the ED^b

Group		Kapp a	LWK c	QWK d
Trauma		0.231(95% CIe: 0.11-0.35)	0.372(95% CIe: 0.25-0.48)	0.509(95% CIe: 0.26-0.75)
Non-trauma		0.163(95% CIe: 0.08-0.24)	0.288(95% CIe: 0.20-0.36)	0.435(95% CIe: 0.29-0.57)
Treatment Area	CPR f room	0.250(95% CIe: 0-0.61)	0.261(95% CIe: 0-0.54)	0.232(95% CIe: ncg)
	Internal Medicine	0.069(95% CIe: 0-0.22)	0.113(95% CIe: 0-0.25)	0.173(95% CIe: ncg)
	Trauma room	0.209(95% CIe: 0-0.42)	0.286(95% CIe: 0.07-0.49)	0.352(95% CIe: ncg)
	Fast track	0.012(95% CIe: 0-0.11)	0.060(95% CIe: 0-0.13)	0.119(95% CIe: ncg)

^a ETS: Electronic Triage System;

^bED: emergency department;

^cLWK: linear weighted kappa;

^dQWK: quadratic weighted kappa;

^eCI: confidence interval;

^fCPR: cardiopulmonary resuscitation;

^gNC: not calculated