Satisfaction with the emergency department environment decreases with length of stay

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 821-828

  Walsh, M ^a   Knott, J C ^a  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FOOD QUALITY; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LENGTH OF STAY; LIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOISE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRIAGE;

EID: 78449262344     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2009.079764     Document Type: Article

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