Patient satisfaction with chest pain unit care: Findings from the Effectiveness and Safety of Chest Pain Assessment to Prevent Emergency Admissions (ESCAPE) cluster randomised trial

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 774-778

  Cross, Elizabeth ^a   Goodacre, Steve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THORAX PAIN;

CHEST PAIN; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN CLINICS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 77957191671     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2009.086298     Document Type: Article

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