Patient satisfaction with an emergency department psychiatric service

International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 525-534

  O'Regan, Claire ^a   Ryan, Martina ^b  

^a Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland   (Ireland)

^b ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Customer satisfaction; Health services sector; Ireland; Performance measurement (quality); Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; IRELAND; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

DATA COLLECTION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 70349636297     PISSN: 09526862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09526860910975616     Document Type: Article

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