Title:
Factors that affect Patient Flow at the Accident and Emergency Department of a Tertiary Healthcare Facility in a Lower-Middle Income Country
Authors:
Boateng-Antwi, Nana Adwoa Darkoa
Place:
Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Publisher:
KIT - Royal Tropical Institute [etc.]
Year:
2019
PAGE:
vi, 43
Language:
En
Subject:
Health and Poverty
Keywords:
Emergency Department; Patient flow; Length of stay; Delay factors; Overcrowding
Abstract:
Overcrowding within hospital emergency departments (AED) of most lower-middle-income countries (LMIC) including Ghana, is increasingly becoming a significant public health threat; compromising quality healthcare services delivery and the safety and well-being of patient and staff. Frequent congestion as a result of obstruction in patient flow limits timely access to accident and emergency (A&E) services. In this study, bottlenecks within patients‘ journey at the AED of a tertiary healthcare facility in Ghana were identified and solutions to these challenges discussed
Organization:
KIT - Royal Tropical Institute , VU - Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Institute:
KIT (Royal Tropical Institute)
Country:
Ghana
Region:
West Africa
Training:
Master of Science in Public Health/International Course in Health Development
Category:
Research
Right:
© 2019 Boateng-Antwi
Document type:
Thesis/dissertation
File:
BxK4Qkrwql_20210517111807719.pdf