The disconfirmation paradigm: Throughput times and emergency department patient satisfaction

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 7-13

  Cassidy Smith, Tara N ^a   Baumann, Brigitte M ^a   Boudreaux, Edwin D ^a  

^a Department of Anesthesiology   (United States)

Author keywords

Disconfirmation Paradigm; emergency department; patient satisfaction; throughput times

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; TRIAGE;

EID: 33846205191     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2006.05.028     Document Type: Article

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