Annals of emergency medicine
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Now a member of the Commonwealth of Independent States, Kazakhstan is the second largest of the republics that made up the former Soviet Union. This report describes the structure of the health care system in Kazakhstan, with particular emphasis on emergency medicine. It examines medical education, the organization of health care services, emergency medical services, emergency department structure, and the challenges facing emergency medicine.
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To measure the interrater and intrarater agreement of existing emergency department triage systems. ⋯ Triage assessments (both interrater and intrarater) by experienced personnel are inconsistent using these 5 standardized patient scenarios. These results challenge the reliability of current ED triage practice.