Patients' satisfaction with emergency care and priorities for change in a university teaching hospital in Nigeria

International Emergency Nursing

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 203-209

  Oluwadiya, Kehinde ^a   Olatoke, Samuel A ^b   Ariba, Adekunle J ^c   Omotosho, Omotola A ^a   Olakulehin, Olakunle A ^a  

^a LADOKE AKINTOLA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

^c OLABISI ONABANJO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Emergency medicine; Healthcare; Patient satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NIGERIA; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; TIME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NIGERIA; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77957008039     PISSN: 1755599X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ienj.2009.12.003     Document Type: Article

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