'Waiting for' and 'waiting in' public and private hospitals: A qualitative study of patient trust in South Australia

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Ward, Paul R ^a   Rokkas, Philippa ^a   Cenko, Clinton ^a   Pulvirenti, Mariastella ^a   Dean, Nicola ^b   Carney, A Simon ^c   Meyer, Samantha ^d  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Australia; Private hospitals; Public hospitals; Qualitative; Trust; Waiting times

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL STUDY; DOCTOR NURSE RELATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMERGENCY WARD; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; FUNDING; GOVERNMENT; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; OUTPATIENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; SURGERY; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRUST; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; CHILD; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CHILD; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 85019048380     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-017-2281-5     Document Type: Article

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