Volume : VII, Issue : VI, June - 2018
Factors determine the attendance of cases that categorized with IV and V in the triage system to the hospital emergency in Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal Hospital at Ministry of National Guard, Dammam City, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia
Dr. Hmood F. Alnasser, Dr. Fahad Albedaiwi, Dr. Jamal Alzahrani
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Aim–Study was contucted to identify the patients reasons who categorised IV & V in triage system for accessing hospital emergency department (ED) rather than primary health care clinic (PHCC).
Method–This cross sectional study using researcher administer questionnaire by patients who categorized withIV and V in the triage system and present to the emergency department in Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal Hospital (IABFH).Result–There were 227(58.7%) males and 160(41.3%) females. Significantly high proportion of the patients (P<0.001) visited the hospital emergency in case of any medical problem and they did not try to visit primary health care clinics first. Difficulty in getting an appointment and waitng period werethe most common reasons for avoiding primary health clinic. Conclusion–This study concludes that Perception of urgency play very important role while increase the awareness of primary health clinic services to the community might minimize the numbers of patients who visit ED.
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DOI : 10.36106/ijsr
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Dr.Hmood F. Alnasser, Dr.Fahad Albedaiwi, Dr.Jamal Alzahrani, Factors determine the attendance of cases that categorized with IV and V in the triage system to the hospital emergency in Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal Hospital at Ministry of National Guard, Dammam City, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-7 | Issue-6 | June-2018
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Dr.Hmood F. Alnasser, Dr.Fahad Albedaiwi, Dr.Jamal Alzahrani, Factors determine the attendance of cases that categorized with IV and V in the triage system to the hospital emergency in Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal Hospital at Ministry of National Guard, Dammam City, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-7 | Issue-6 | June-2018
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