影响患者等待时间的因素 在免费诊所等待时间
Journal of health care for the poor and underserved
|April 25, 2024
概括
免费诊所面临着长时间的患者等待时间. 医疗复杂性,志愿者培训和现场实验室/药物显著影响等待时间,这表明有针对性的干预可以提高效率.
科学领域:
- 医疗保健服务研究 医疗服务研究
- 临床操作 临床操作
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 免费诊所对于服务不足的人群至关重要,但经常在运营效率方面扎.
- 长时间的患者等待时间可能会阻碍获得护理,并对患者的满意度产生负面影响.
研究的目的:
- 确定导致免费诊所等待时间长的关键因素.
- 分析各种操作和患者相关变量对总访问,大堂和分拣时间的影响.
主要方法:
- 在一家免费诊所对349名患者进行了回顾性图表审查.
- 多重回归分析以评估患者数量,提供者/志愿者数量,服务,医疗复杂性,预约类型和现场资源对等待时间的影响.
主要成果:
- 更高的医疗复杂性,经验较少的医疗志愿者,以及内部实验室和药物的存在与等待时间的增加有关.
- 新患者和随行预约也导致了更长的延误.
- 一个实施时间基准的干预措施成功地减少了大堂等待时间.
结论:
- 医疗复杂性,志愿者培训和现场服务等操作因素显著影响免费诊所的等待时间.
- 针对这些因素的有针对性的干预措施,如时间基准测试,可以提高诊所效率和患者流动.
- 这些发现为优化类似的免费诊所环境中的运营提供了一个框架,以提高患者的访问和护理服务.
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