A regional survey to determine factors influencing patient choices in selecting a particular emergency department for care

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 63-70

  Grafstein, Eric ^a   Wilson, Danielle ^a   Stenstrom, Rob ^a   Jones, Catherine ^a   Tolson, Margreth ^a   Poureslami, Iraj ^a   Scheuermeyer, Frank Xavier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CROWDING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TRIAGE; WAITING LISTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872325479     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acem.12063     Document Type: Article

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