Safety of the Manchester Triage System to identify less urgent patients in paediatric emergence care: a prospective observational study.

Objective: To assess hospitalisation rate as a proxy for the ability of the Manchester Triage System (MTS) to identify less urgent paediatric patients. We also evaluated general practitioner (GP) services to determine if they met patients' needs compared to emergency department care.

Methods: Self-referred children triaged as less urgent by the MTS in two emergency departments in the Netherlands were included in a prospective observational study.