Why do patients choose to attend a private emergency department?

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 62-65

  Shearer, Freya M ^a   Bailey, Paul M ^a   Hicks, Brontie L ^a   Harvey, Brooke V ^a   Monterosso, Leanne ^a,b,c   Ross Adjie, Gail ^a,b   Rogers, Ian R ^a,b  

^a ST JOHN OF GOD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (Australia)

^c EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Patient choice; Patient expectation; Private emergency department

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIAN; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY WARD; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; AGED; AUSTRALIA; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PREFERENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH FACILITIES, PROPRIETARY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PREFERENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; WAITING LISTS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84921750169     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1742-6723.12330     Document Type: Article

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