Patient Satisfaction With Emergency House Calls

Patient satisfaction with emergency house calls.

STUDY OBJECTIVES To identify determinants of patient satisfaction with emergency house calls and to assess the properties of a satisfaction measurement questionnaire. DESIGN Patient survey, combined with routinely collected information on the circumstances of the house call. SETTING Emergency house calls provided by an independent emergency care organization (ECO) in Geneva, Switzerland. ...

Patient satisfaction with emergency departments.

Emergency Medicine specialty May Improve Patient Satisfaction

House calls.

House calls provide a unique perspective on patients' environment and health problems. The demand for house calls is expected to increase considerably in future decades as the U.S. population ages. Although study results have been inconsistent, house calls involving multidisciplinary teams may reduce hospital readmissions and long-term care facility stays. Common indications for house calls are...

Practice spotlight: emergency department pharmacist who makes house calls.