Patient perceptions of caring and association with emergency department activity and access block

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 169-180

  Limbourn, Sarah ^a   Celenza, Antonio ^a,b  

^a SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Access block; Caring; Crowding; Emergency; Satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79954520297     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2011.01387.x     Document Type: Article

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