Characteristics of patients who did not wait for treatment in the emergency department: A follow up survey

Accident and Emergency Nursing

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 56-62

  Lee, Geraldine ^a   Endacott, Ruth ^a,b   Flett, Karen ^c   Bushnell, Rosie ^c  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Did not wait; Emergency department

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY NURSING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MOTIVATION; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEASON; STATISTICS; TIME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MOTIVATION; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT DROPOUTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS; TRIAGE; VICTORIA; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 30444456344     PISSN: 09652302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aaen.2005.11.004     Document Type: Article

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