Paediatric emergency department design: Does it affect staff, patient and community satisfaction?

Emergency Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 63-67

  Judkins, Simon ^a  

^a AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Emergency department design; Paediatric emergency department; Patient satisfaction; Staff satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; ENVIRONMENT; FAMILY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WARD;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HOSPITAL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; HUMANS; PEDIATRICS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; VICTORIA;

EID: 0037296663     PISSN: 10356851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2026.2003.00410.x     Document Type: Article

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