Factors Affecting Satisfaction of Parents at Pediatric Emergency Department Admission

Universal Factors Affecting Emergency Department Crowding

I read with great interest the article entitled “Application of Queuing Analytic Theory to Decrease Waiting Times in Emergency Department: Does it Make Sense?” in the autumn issue of Archives of Trauma Research (1). As an emergency physician in the United States, I can share the frustration of the authors that throughput of patients in the emergency department can often be hindered by numerous ...

universal factors affecting emergency department crowding

Factors Affecting Patient Satisfaction With Emergency Department Care: An Italian Rural Hospital

BACKGROUND In the emergency department satisfaction is strictly linked to the role of the nurses, namely the first interface between patients and hospital services. OBJECTIVES The purpose of the study was to identify areas of emergency nursing activity associated with minor or major patient satisfaction. METHODS A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted from December 2010 - May 2011...

Internet Usage by Parents Prior to Seeking Care at a Pediatric Emergency Department: Observational Study

BACKGROUND Little is known about how parents utilize medical information on the Internet prior to an emergency department (ED) visit. OBJECTIVE The objective of the study was to determine the proportion of parents who accessed the Internet for medical information related to their child's illness in the 24 hours prior to an ED visit (IPED), to identify the websites used, and to understand how ...

Patient satisfaction at the Medical Emergency department at Holbæk Hospital

Methods The group of persons to be included in the study were patients in medical reception and they were all medical patients, apart from patients who were very acute influenced and therefore could not participate. Patients received a questionnaire. In the questionnaire the patient considered the waiting time in medical reception and the nurses and doctors treatment of the individual patient. ...