Patient perceptions of diagnostic certainty at discharge and patient satisfaction in the emergency department.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Hagerty, Serena F.; Burke, Ryan C.; Isbell, Linda M.; Barasz, Kate; Smulowitz, Peter
- Source
- Academic Emergency Medicine; Nov2021, Vol. 28 Issue 11, p1318-1320, 3p
- Subject
- HOSPITAL emergency services
CONFIDENCE intervals
PATIENT satisfaction
TERTIARY care
PATIENTS' attitudes
SURVEYS
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
DIAGNOSTIC errors
STATISTICAL sampling
DISCHARGE planning
- Language
- ISSN
- 10696563
The article presents the discussion on highlighting the subjective measures of a patient's experiencing greater determinants of satisfaction than objective measures of care. Topics include created using online software and given to each patient for completion on an electronic tablet; and including length of stay, number of tests run, and number of follow-up actions prescribed.