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Triage for out-of-hours primary care calls: a reliability study of a new French-language algorithm, the SALOMON rule

Edmond BrasseurEmergency Department, University Hospital Center of Liege, Liege, Belgium;
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Jean-Christophe ServotteMedical Simulation Center of Liege, University of Liege, Liege, Belgium; ;Public Health Sciences Department, University of Liege, Liege, Belgium;
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Anne-Francoise DonneauMedical Informatics and Biostatistics Department, University of Liege, Belgium;
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Samuel StipulanteFederal Public Health Services, Liege, Belgium
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Vincent d'OrioEmergency Department, University Hospital Center of Liege, Liege, Belgium;
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Alexandre GhuysenEmergency Department, University Hospital Center of Liege, Liege, Belgium; ;Medical Simulation Center of Liege, University of Liege, Liege, Belgium; ;Public Health Sciences Department, University of Liege, Liege, Belgium; Correspondence[email protected]
Pages 227-232 | Received 23 Jul 2018, Accepted 29 Jan 2019, Published online: 29 Apr 2019

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