Table 3

Triage system at the intermediate care unit—application of combined logistical and medical criteria

Medically essentialMedically not essential
Logistically correct 5308 (60.2%)
Patient origin:

  • Ward 1322 (15.0%)

  • Emergency room 766 (8.7%)

  • Intensive care unit 2249 (25.5%)

  • Recovery ward 971 (11.0%)

 1785 (20.2%)
Patient origin:

  • Ward 314 (3.56%)

  • Emergency room 734 (8.3%)

  • Intensive care unit 526 (6.0%)

  • Recovery ward 211 (2.4%)

Logistically incorrect 1231 (14.0%)
Undertriage of level of care needed, by patient origin:

  • Ward 157 (1.8%)

  • Emergency room 40 (0.5%)

  • Intensive care unit 45 (0.5%)

  • Recovery 37 (0.4%)


Overtriage of level of care needed, by patient origin:

  • Intensive care unit 395 (4.5%)

  • Recovery unit 557 (6.3%)

 492 (5.6%)
Undertriage of level of care needed, by patient origin:

  • Ward 16 (0.2%)

  • Emergency room 16 (0.2%)

  • Intensive care unit 9 (0.1%)

  • Recovery unit 14 (0.2%)


Overtriage of level of care needed, by patient origin:

  • Intensive care unit 149 (1.7%)

  • Recovery unit 288 (3.3%)

  • This table shows the application of the pre-defined logistical and medical criteria to assess the triage system at the Intermediate Care Unit (IMCU). The categories are further divided per origin in case of logistically correct admissions and divided into under-or over triage of level of care needed in case of logistically incorrect admissions.