Association of Sociodemographic Factors With Overtriage, Undertriage, and Value of Care After Major Surgery
Tyler J. Loftus,
Matthew M. Ruppert,
Benjamin Shickel
et al.
Abstract:Objective:
To determine whether certain patients are vulnerable to errant triage decisions immediately after major surgery and whether there are unique sociodemographic phenotypes within overtriaged and undertriaged cohorts.
Background:
In a fair system, overtriage of low-acuity patients to intensive care units (ICUs) and undertriage of high-acuity patients to general wards would affect all sociodemographic subgroups equally.
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