The Impact of a Brief Expectation Survey on Parental Satisfaction in the Pediatric Emergency Department

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1280-1287

  Spahr, Christopher D ^a   Flugstad, Nick A ^a   Brousseau, David C ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

emergency medicine; patient expectations; patient satisfaction; pediatrics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; PARENTS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 33751315994     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2006.06.059     Document Type: Article

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