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Sorting patients: the weakest link in the emergency care system
  1. H Snooks1,
  2. J Nicholl2
  1. 1Centre for Health Information Research and Evaluation, Swansea University, Swansea, UK
  2. 2Medical Care Research Unit, Sheffield University, Sheffield, UK
  1. Correspondence to:
 H Snooks
 Centre for Health Information Research and Evaluation, Swansea University, Swansea SA2 8PP, UK;h.a.snooks{at}swan.ac.uk

https://doi.org/10.1136/emj.2006.038596

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