The characteristics of self-referrals to ER for non-urgent conditions and comparison of urgency evaluation between patients and nurses

Accident and Emergency Nursing

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 20-26

  Rassin, Michal ^a   Nasie, Anat ^a   Bechor, Yair ^a   Weiss, Gali ^a   Silner, Dina ^a  

^a ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Emergency room; Non urgent conditions; Self referrals; Urgency evaluation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 30444442302     PISSN: 09652302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aaen.2005.10.003     Document Type: Article

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