A Method for Reviewing the Accuracy and Reliability of a Five-Level Triage Process (Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale) in a Community Emergency Department Setting: Building the Crowding Measurement Infrastructure

Table 6

Frequency of clinical indicator Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale (CTAS) inconsistency compared with NR (inconsistency, inconsistency/total: Table 5 as %).

Clinical indicator	Trial 1	Trial 2	Trial 1%	Trial 2%
Pain	71	51	15.7%	10.2%
Chest pain	54	38	24.7%	19.6%
Musculoskeletal pain/injury	91	71	13.5%	9.1%
Respiratory illness	78	86	14.8%	22.7%
Headache	22	18	31.9%	30.0%
Total inconsistent	316	264	16.3%	13.8%
Total indicator patients	1940	1909