Patient expectations for pain medication delivery
| Autor: | Philip Bossart, Eric R. Swanson, David E. Fosnocht |
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| Rok vydání: | 2001 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Waiting Lists Pain medication Analgesic Pain relief Pain Patient satisfaction Pain assessment medicine Humans Medical prescription Prospective survey Analgesics business.industry General Medicine Emergency department Health Surveys Patient Satisfaction Anesthesia Emergency Medicine Physical therapy Female Emergency Service Hospital business |
| Zdroj: | The American Journal of Emergency Medicine. 19:399-402 |
| ISSN: | 0735-6757 |
| Popis: | The purpose of this study was to evaluate emergency department (ED) patient expectations for the delivery of pain medication and correlation of satisfaction with meeting patient needs for pain relief. In this prospective survey of 458 ED patients with pain, the patients reported a mean of 23 minutes as a reasonable wait for pain medication versus 78 minutes for the actual delivery of pain medication. Forty-five percent of patients received pain medication and 70% had their needs for pain relief met. Mean satisfaction for patients who had their needs for pain relief met was 83 mm versus 51 mm for patients whose needs for pain relief were not met (P |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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