Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 54, Issue 3 , Pages 360-367.e6 , September 2009

Patient Satisfaction as a Function of Emergency Department Previsit Expectations

Presented as an abstract at the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine annual meeting, May 2007, Chicago, IL.

  • Ghazwan Toma, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • University at Albany, School of Public Health, Albany, NY
    • ,
  • Wayne Triner, DO, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Albany Medical College, Department of Emergency Medicine, Albany, NY
    • University at Albany, School of Public Health, Albany, NY
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Wayne Triner, DO, MPH, Albany Medical College, Department of Emergency Medicine, 47 New Scotland Avenue (MD-139), Albany, NY 12208; 518-262-3773, fax 518-262-3236
    • ,
  • Louise-Ann McNutt, PhD

      Affiliations

    • University at Albany, School of Public Health, Albany, NY

Received 3 November 2007 ,Revised 7 October 2008 ,Accepted 26 January 2009.

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 Author contributions: GT collected data and WT oversaw the collection. GT, WT, and L-AM were responsible for study design. GT and L-AM were responsible for statistical analysis. L-AM was responsible for article review. WT takes responsibility for the paper as a whole.

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 Publication date: Available online March 12, 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.01.024

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 54, Issue 3 , Pages 360-367.e6 , September 2009

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