Parental Perception of Waiting Time and Its Influence on Parental Satisfaction in an Urban Pediatric Emergency Department: Are Parents Accurate in Determining Waiting Time?

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 880-883

  Waseem, Muhammad ^a   Ravi, Lalitha ^a   Radeos, Michael ^a   Ganti, Sandhya ^a  

^a LINCOLN MEDICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; PEDIATRICS; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; TIME; ADOLESCENT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVALUATION; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; INFANT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TIME PERCEPTION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PARENTS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME PERCEPTION; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 0642335951     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.SMJ.0000054911.92771.41     Document Type: Article

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