How Long Are Patients Willing to Wait in the Emergency Department Before Leaving Without Being Seen?

INTRODUCTION: Our goal was to evaluate patients’ threshold for waiting in an emergency department (ED) waiting room before leaving without being seen (LWBS). We analyzed whether willingness to wait was influenced by perceived illness severity, age, race, triage acuity level, or insurance status. MET...

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Autores principales: Shaikh, Sanober B., Jerrard, David A., Witting, Michael D., Winters, Michael E., Brodeur, Michael N.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine 2012
Materias:
Emergency Department Access
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3555587/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23359833
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/westjem.2012.3.6895

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3555587/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23359833
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/westjem.2012.3.6895

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