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Health SA Gesondheid (Online)

versión On-line ISSN 2071-9736
versión impresa ISSN 1025-9848

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SWART, Anna-Therese; MULLER, Catherina E.  y  RABIE, Tinda. The role of triage to reduce waiting times in primary health care facilities in the North West province of South Africa. Health SA Gesondheid (Online) [online]. 2018, vol.23, pp.1-6. ISSN 2071-9736.  http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/hsag.v23i0.1097.

BACKGROUND: Worldwide, patients visiting health care facilities in the public health care sector have to wait for attention from health care professionals. In South Africa, the Cape Triage Score system was implemented successfully in hospitals' emergency departments in the Cape Metropole. The effective utilisation of triage could improve the flow of primary health care (PHC) patients and direct the patients to the right health care professional immediatelyAIM: No literature could be traced on the implementation of triage in PHC facilities in South Africa. Consequently, a study addressing this issue could address this lack of information, reduce waiting times in PHC facilities and improve the quality of careSETTING: PHC facilities in a sub-district of the North West province of South AfricaMETHOD: A quantitative, exploratory, typical descriptive pre-test-post-test design was used. The study consisted of two phases. During phase 1, the waiting time survey checklist was used to determine the baseline waiting times. In phase 2, the Cape Triage Score system that triaged the patients and the waiting time survey checklist were usedRESULTS: Data were analysed using Cohen's effect sizes by comparing the total waiting times obtained in both phases with the waiting time survey checklist. Results indicated no reduction in the overall waiting time; however, there was a practical significance where triage was applied. Referral was much quicker to the correct health professional and to the hospitalsCONCLUSION: Although the results indicated no reduction in the overall waiting time of patients, structured support systems and triage at PHC facilities should be used to make referral quicker to the correct health professional and to the hospitals

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