Mathé Delissen

Mathé Delissen is a PhD Candidate in the Faculty of Medicine at Utrecht University, conducting critical research in primary care with a focus on telephone triage systems for out-of-hours medical services. Her work centers on improving the identification of life-threatening conditions in patients presenting with acute symptoms like shortness of breath and chest discomfort through remote assessment.

Her research spans Primary Care, Telephone Triage, and Acute Medicine, emphasizing respiratory symptom analysis, cardiovascular risk stratification, and gender-specific diagnostic approaches. She investigates how patient-expressed concerns, clinical intuition, and contextual factors influence triage outcomes in emergency primary care settings.

Recent publications (2024-2025) in BMC Primary Care and the British Journal of General Practice demonstrate her focus on diagnostic prediction models, pandemic impacts on triage accuracy, and gender-stratified symptom analysis. Her work consistently targets enhancing patient safety through evidence-based remote assessment protocols.

Collaborating with the Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, she engages with multidisciplinary teams of physicians, epidemiologists, and biostatisticians to translate research findings into practical improvements for Dutch out-of-hours primary care services.