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Table 3 Patient related measures

From: Evaluation of emergency department performance – a systematic review on recommended performance and quality-in-care measures

  

Alessandrini 2011

Beniuk 2012

Coleman 2010

Ekelund 2011

Guttmann 2006

Graff 2002

Heyworth 2011

Hung 2008

Lindsay 2002

McClelland 2012

Schull 2011

Sibbritt 2006

Solberg 2003

Welch 2011

Patients

               

Safety

Unintended incidents

x

   

x

x

 

x

 

x

x

   
 

Medication errors

x

    

x

 

x

      
 

Treatment errors

     

x

    

x

   
 

Missed diagnosis

    

x

x

    

x

   
 

Morbidity/mortality

  

x

x

x

  

x

x

  

x

  
 

Unplanned re-attendance (<72 hours)

x

   

x

 

x

x

x

 

x

x

  

Patient centeredness

Complaints

x

            

x

 

Patients Who Left Before Supposed To (PWLBST)

             

x

 

LWBS (Left Without Being Seen)

x

x

   

x

x

x

  

x

x

 

x

 

LBTC (Left Before Treatment Complete)

 

x

          

x

x

 

LAMA (Left Against Medical Advice)

             

x

Satisfaction

Satisfaction (in general)/survey

x

  

x

 

x

x

   

x