title: [Quality development at an emergency unit--an intervention study based on consumer satisfaction].
abstract: A study among the users of an emergency department was carried out to assess user satisfaction, based upon a questionnaire. The study was split into two periods, before and after a change in procedure in the emergency department, namely that a nurse was to give information about waiting time, make coordinations and fix an order of priority of patients (triage) in the waiting room. Fourteen hundred and twenty-six answers were received, 794 before and 632 after the change. The users questioned after this change of procedure felt that they had been better received, that they had waited for a shorter time and described a better general experience as compared to the users questioned before the change, these differences were significant. There were no difference between the two groups concerning opinions on information about diagnosis, treatment and outcome, whether there was enough time for examination, treatment and information, whether the staff were obliging or whether their expectations had been fulfilled. It is concluded that such changes in procedure in the emergency department are to be recommended.
authors.affiliation: Aalborg Sygehus Syd, ortopaedkirurgisk afdeling.
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Poulsen
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jacobsen
mesh_terms: D003718:Denmark; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014218:Triage
vernacular_title: Kvalitetsudvikling i skadestuen--et interventionsstudium baseret på brugertilfredshed.