Analysis of Factors Influencing the Grading of Condition Severity and Zoning Management in an Emergency Triage System.

Background: To identify and analyze factors that influence the grading and zoning management model of emergency triage as a first step in the improvement of the system.

Methods: Questionnaires were used to extract data from clinical histories of 286 patients who attended the Emergency Department of Binzhou Central Hospital (Binzhou City, Shandong Province, China) from September to November of 2015. Through logistic regression analysis, influencing factors for unreasonable (≥ 2h) emergency department retention times were identified.