دورية أكاديمية
Public Beliefs About Accessibility and Quality of Emergency Departments in Germany
| العنوان: | Public Beliefs About Accessibility and Quality of Emergency Departments in Germany |
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| المؤلفون: | Jens Klein, Sarah Koens, Martin Scherer, Annette Strauß, Martin Härter, Olaf von dem Knesebeck |
| المصدر: | Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, Vol 25, Iss 3, Pp 389-398 (2024) |
| بيانات النشر: | eScholarship Publishing, University of California, 2024. |
| سنة النشر: | 2024 |
| المجموعة: | LCC:Medicine LCC:Medical emergencies. Critical care. Intensive care. First aid |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Medicine, Medical emergencies. Critical care. Intensive care. First aid, RC86-88.9 |
| الوصف: | Background: It is well established that emergency department (ED) crowding leads to worse health outcomes. Although various patient surveys provide information about reasons to visit EDs, less is known in terms of beliefs about EDs among the general population. This study examines public beliefs regarding accessibility and quality of EDs and their associations with social characteristics (gender, age, education, immigration background) as well as knowledge about emergency care services and health literacy. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study based on a random sample of 2,404 adults living in Hamburg, Germany, in winter 2021/2022. We developed eight statements regarding accessibility and quality of EDs leading to two scales (Cronbach’s α accessibility = 0.76 and quality of care = 0.75). Descriptive statistics of the eight items are shown and linear regression were conducted to determine associations of the two scales with social characteristics as well as knowledge about emergency care services and health literacy (HLS-EU-Q6). Results: Nearly 44% of the respondents agreed that “you can always go to an ED, if you do not get a short-term appointment with a general practitioner or specialist.” And 38% agreed with the statement, “If you do not have the time during normal practice hours due to your work, you can always go to an ED.” In terms of quality, 38% believed that doctors in EDs are more competent than doctors in general practice, and 25% believed that doctors in EDs are more competent than doctors in specialized practices. In the fully adjusted model, public beliefs about emergency care accessibility and quality of EDs were significantly associated with all social characteristics and knowledge of emergency care options with the strongest associations between knowledge and accessibility (β = −0.17; P |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article |
| وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 1936-900X 1936-9018 |
| Relation: | https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2k92g3z2; https://doaj.org/toc/1936-900X; https://doaj.org/toc/1936-9018 |
| DOI: | 10.5811/westjem.18224 |
| URL الوصول: | https://doaj.org/article/67bb901c0ca24bff9e59d52fdc4f4b89 |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsdoj.67bb901c0ca24bff9e59d52fdc4f4b89 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
Full Text Finder | تدمد: | 1936900X 19369018 |
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| DOI: | 10.5811/westjem.18224 |